PETALING JAYA: Employment agencies want the government to sign the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on domestic workers with Indonesia fast to enable them to bring in foreign workers.
PETALING JAYA: Employment agencies are demanding an explanation following the delay in the government’s pilot project to recruit 10,000 domestic workers from Indonesia.
PETALING JAYA: How the capped fees of between RM10,000 to RM15,000 for Indonesian maids were derived must be explained by the government as it signs the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indonesia, say domestic workers recruitment associations.
Waiting to be placed: Maids who have been waiting to come to Malaysia to work have gone instead to other countries like Singapore and Hong Kong due to the border closure.
PETALING JAYA: Maid agencies have applied to bring in new foreign maids since the government’s announcement allowing for new hires but so far no response has been received.
The National Association of Human Resources Malaysia (Pusma) president Zarina Ismail said many of its members have applied to get new domestic helpers through the Foreign Workers Centralised Management System (FWCMS) but no approval had been given.
“We have yet to receive any official directive or proper response on this, ” she said when contacted yesterday.