Employers to pay levy of foreign workers from Jan 1, says Zahid


File pic of foreign workers

PETALING JAYA: Employers will be responsible to pay the levy of foreign workers beginning Sunday, said the Home Ministry.  

Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that employers would no longer be able to deduct the wages of their foreign workers for the levy.

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