KUALA LUMPUR: This is not the time to enforce a law requiring employers to provide proper accommodation to foreign workers when businesses are suffering, says the Malaysian Employers Federation.
Its executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said the government’s decision to enforce the amendment to the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act on June 1 was insensitive and did not take into account the problems faced by employers.
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