Govt to keep tabs on hiring foreigners

Under scrutiny: Job intake in the construction, plantation and agriculture sectors will also come in for stricter vetting.

PETALING JAYA: Restrictions on the intake of foreign and expatriate workers moved a notch up with the government wanting vacancies and details, such as pay offered, to be advertised on its official portal first.

Under the latest changes, employers seeking foreign workers through the rehiring programme and wanting to hire expatriates for higher-paying jobs have to advertise over a fixed period of time on the national employment portal, MYFutureJobs.