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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 ― Four employers were fined a total of RM46,500 after they were found to have violated the country's labour laws. The Department of Labour...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 ― Four employers were fined a total of RM46,500 after they were found to have violated the country's labour laws. The Department of Labour...

JASIN:  The employer of a furniture factory in Sungai Rambai was found to have committed various offences, in addition to providing 14 poor accommodation units for foreign workers, without any accommodation certificate, in an integrated enforcement operation by the state Labour Department (JTK), here on Tuesday. 

PETALING JAYA: Over the New Year’s Eve weekend, nearly a thousand people gathered to protest the construction of two dormitories intended to house migrant workers in Teluk Kumbar, Penang.

PETALING JAYA: A total of 86 foreign workers living in harsh conditions and abandoned without jobs were picked up in three separate operations in Ipoh, Manjung and Tapah this morning.

KUALA LUMPUR: Retirement Fund (Incorporated) (KWAP) plans to acquire two Centurion Corporation Limited’s workers’ accommodation assets for RM227 million.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resources Ministry has opened 1,660 investigation papers this year through the Peninsular Malaysia Labour Department.

PUTRAJAYA: A total of 1,058 foreign workers who were abandoned after being promised jobs have been placed with new employers as of Nov 9, says the Human Resources Ministry.

PUTRAJAYA: A total of 1,058 foreign workers who were abandoned after being promised jobs have been placed with new employers as of Nov 9, the Human Re...

This, Minister Sivakumar states, is a low number, considering that the government has set a quota of 7,500.