PETALING JAYA: Foreign workers coming into Malaysia should undergo mandatory health screening in their own country that is similar to the one carried out by Fomema to strengthen the nation’s health safety net against communicable diseases, says the Association of Employment Agencies Malaysia (Papa).
PETALING JAYA: The mandatory medical screening fees for foreign workers has seen a 10% to 14% hike since Dec 16, but there has been no official announcement by the relevant ministries, which has left employers upset.
PETALING JAYA: Employment groups have called for stern action to be taken against the employer and agency involved in the suspicious recruitment of 171 Bangladeshi workers in Johor.
PETALING JAYA: After a prolonged back and forth on the Indonesian domestic worker issue, the republic is again having second thoughts about sending its workers here, claiming that many of its citizens were being smuggled into Malaysia to work as maids.