Minister must continue with screening role

I REFER to the letter “Change in law could hike up costs (The Star, June 19) and agree fully with the writer on the need for the Human Resources Minister to continue screening workers’ dismissal cases before referring them to the Industrial Court.

As it is, employers, whether local or multinationals, are already burdened by the increasing costs of operating in Malaysia due to various decisions unilaterally made by the previous administration. These include the Employment Insurance Scheme (EIS), Minimum Wage Act, Minimum Retirement Age Act, the Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF) and from January 2016, the foreign workers levies to be paid by employers.