Crackdown on private employment agencies

Mohd Sazali (left) and enforcement officers from the Penang Labour Department conducting a check at a job agency in Seberang Jaya, Butterworth.

THE Penang Labour Department raided six private employment agencies in George Town, Penang, and found various violations of labour law including under the Private Employment Agency Act 1981.

Its director Mohd Sazali Keteh said among the offences detected during the operation were outsourcing activities, signboards displayed without license number, carrying out activities that were not stated in the licence and sharing of premises.