KUALA LUMPUR: The Employees Provident Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025, which will mandate the 2% contribution of foreign workers, have been tabled for the first reading in the Dewan Rakyat.
The bill was tabled by deputy finance minister Lim Hui Ying.
The second and third reading of the bill is scheduled to take place within the current meeting.
The proposed amendment would mandate non-citizen employees and their employers to each contribute 2% of the employees' monthly wages to the EPF.
“Further, subclause 6(b) seeks to enable the employee who is not a Malaysian citizen to withdraw all or part of the amount standing to his credit upon the employee attaining the age of 55 years under section 55a of Act 452,” the bill read.
“Subclause 4(b) seeks to delete subsection 70c(2) of Act 452 to allow an employee who is not a Malaysian citizen who has withdrawn all amount standing to his credit to continuously be liable to contribute without having to give a notice to contribute to EPF,” read the bill.
The proposed law will be applicable to a foreign worker who enters the country temporarily with a work permit.
Lim also tabled the Consumer Credit Bill for the first reading.
