KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested five people including four company directors, one of whom is a Bangladeshi national, on suspicion of submitting documents containing false information to obtain foreign worker permits.
JAKARTA: Indonesia has trimmed spending plans for what could still be the world's second-most expensive free meals programme, offering modest relief from fiscal pressures as President Prabowo Subianto advances a host of big-ticket projects.
RECENTLY, some people have claimed on social media that the Immigration Department is launching another round of the Workforce Recalibration Programme, known as RTK 3.0.
PUTRAJAYA: The government has been urged to explain the sudden closure of the Second Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK 2.0), which has affected about 5,000 foreign workers and their employers.
IPOH: An Immigration Department officer has been charged at the Sessions Court here with two counts of bribery involving about RM16,000.
PUTRAJAYA: Only 48% of the one million-odd illegal foreign workers registered for employment under the Second Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK 2.0) has been verified, despite the looming deadline for employers to do so in less than two weeks’ time.
PUTRAJAYA: The May 31 deadline set for the recruitment of foreign workers through the Labour Recalibration Programme 2.0 will remain due to national security factors, says the Home Minister.
SEREMBAN: Only 65% of employers in the state have conducted the verification process for the Workforce Recalibration Programme 2.0 (RTK 2.0) for their foreign workers so far, says Negeri Sembilan Immigration Department director, Kennith Tan Ai Kiang.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Immigration Department has dismissed viral claims that the government will implement the Workforce Recalibration Programme 3.0 (RTK 3.0) soon.
PUTRAJAYA: The Workforce Recalibration Programme (RTK 2.0) will end on Dec 31, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
PUTRAJAYA: After providing critical areas of the economy with more than half a million foreign workers, the second Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK 2.0) will end on Dec 31, said Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
SHAH ALAM: Employers and foreign workers were excited to meet Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail who visited the Selangor Immigration Department on Tuesday (Jan 9).
KUALA LUMPUR: A fake message is being circulated claiming that special approvals are being given to illegal immigrants under the Workforce Recalibration Programme (RTK 2.0), says the Immigration Department.
PETALING JAYA: Employers say certain flaws in the Labour Recalibration Programme 2.0 (RTK 2.0) had led to a low number of illegal foreign workers being verified as legal workers and urge the government for an extension from the March 31 deadline to June 30.
SHAH ALAM: Selangor recorded the highest number of for the Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK) 2.0 applications in the country, with more than RM100mil collected in levies and compounds between January and May 10 this year.
PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department has never issued special approvals under the Recalibration Programme (RTK) 2.0 to foreigners with illegal status after Dec 31, 2022, says Immigration director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh.
PUTRAJAYA: A one-stop centre will be opened for the Labour Recalibration Programme 2.0 (RTK 2.0) verification process at the Immigration Department Headquarters, Putrajaya starting this Aug 15, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
PUTRAJAYA: A one-stop centre will be opened for the Labour Recalibration Programme 2.0 (RTK 2.0) verification process at the Immigration Department Headquarters, Putrajaya, starting this Aug 15, said Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
PUTRAJAYA: The Labour Recalibration Programme 2.0 (RTK 2.0) to legalise foreign workers, including domestic helpers, will begin on Jan 27, says Immigration Department director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud.
PUTRAJAYA: Domestic workers will be included for the first time in the Labour Recalibration Programme 2.0 (RTK 2.0) which will allow employers to legalise their foreign workforce.