PETALING JAYA: The government should make employers only deal with registered licensed private employment agencies (APS) to prevent migrant workers from being abused by unscrupulous parties, says the National Association of Private Employment Agencies Malaysia (Papsma).
PETALING JAYA: The maximum recruitment cost for a new Indonesian domestic worker (PDA) is RM15,000, and application can only be done via Sistem Maid Online (SMO) and SIPERMIT owned by the Indonesian Embassy, says the Human Resources Ministry.
THE cost structure of hiring Indonesian domestic workers will be announced after the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Malaysia and Indonesia is finalised, says Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Awang Hashim.
The cost of bringing in Indonesian domestic workers is set at RM7,800 with RM6,000 on the part of Malaysia and RM1,800 on the Indonesian side, the Dewan Rakyat was told Wednesday