Issues Of Foreign Workers In Malaysia

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Issues of foreign workers in malaysia. Disease conflict crime public safety and security and education abusive practises in human rights by private recruitment agencies remittance outflow affects balance of payments pressure on the currency political issue. Workmen compensation act 1952 provides protection on foreign workers. Foreign workers in malaysia loose policy on foreign workers disturbs social stability ie. The costs of the extension process extra charges made by private employment agencies and medical screening issues often encourage foreign workers once in malaysia to work illegally.

Pakatan harapan pledged to reduce the number of foreign workers in its first term of administration and they must already have plans on how to address this never ending issue. There is a ready market in counterfeit foreign worker cards which would save the foreign worker rm4 500 5 000 per year in charges and immigration levies. Ramlee abdul rahman faculty of business and management universiti teknologi mara preamble it is undeniably true that there are endless complaints with regard to the ever increasing number of foreigners especially the unskilled foreign workers in malaysia. The issue arises regarding illegal foreign workers either they entered the country by illegal way or they have no permission to work in malaysia.

The government will look into the plight of foreign workers left in the lurch by employers who have gone bust as well as those having issues with their permits. Divulging foreign workers issues in malaysia dr. Introduction on march 7 2011 the star we know that our malaysia government had decided to recruit more foreign workers from india which around 45 000 people from india this is to meet the demand by around 13 sectors which currently in shortage of workforce so this resulted in many people and the malaysian trades union congress mtuc had strongly opposed the decisions made by government.