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Nation 24 June 2025 | 08:16 AM

Four company directors among five nabbed for using fake info to get foreign worker permits

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.

Indonesia 25 June 2025 | 02:45 AM

Indonesia cuts outlay on giant free meals programme to US$21bil

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.

True Or Not 13 Jan 2025 | 09:08 AM

QuickCheck: Is the Immigration Dept implementing the RTK 3.0 programme?

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.

Nation 25 Sept 2024 | 07:43 AM

5,000 foreign workers at risk after sudden closure of RTK 2.0, bosses claim

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.

Nation 24 Mar 2025 | 03:25 AM

Immigration officer charged with bribery to approve worker quotas

IPOH: An Immigration Department officer has been charged at the Sessions Court here with two counts of bribery involving about RM16,000.

Nation 20 Mar 2024 | 11:00 PM

Verification rate lags as RTK 2.0 deadline approaches

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.

Nation 8 Mar 2024 | 11:38 AM

May 31 deadline for foreign workers recruitment under recalibration programme remains, says Saifuddin

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.

Nation 16 Mar 2024 | 02:39 AM

Employers urged to conduct RTK 2.0 verification, says Negri Immigration Dept

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.

Nation 11 Jan 2025 | 04:56 AM

Immigration Dept denies claims of RTK 3.0 implementation

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.

Nation 12 Oct 2023 | 04:09 AM

RTK 2.0 ends Dec 31 as targets met, says Home Minister

PUTRAJAYA: The Workforce Recalibration Programme (RTK 2.0) will end on Dec 31, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

Nation 12 Oct 2023 | 11:00 PM

Foreign workers recalibration programme to end

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.

Nation 9 Jan 2024 | 11:12 AM

March 31 deadline to complete legalisation of foreign workers under RTK 2.0, says Saifuddin

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).

Nation 6 Sept 2023 | 08:43 AM

No new special approvals being given under Workforce Recalibration Programme, says Immigration Dept

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.

Nation 20 Mar 2024 | 11:00 PM

Employers point out RTK 2.0 flaws

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.

Nation 12 May 2023 | 05:44 AM

Selangor recorded highest number of Labour Recalibration Programme applications, says Immigration

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.

Nation 6 Sept 2023 | 10:47 AM

No RTK 2.0 Special approval for illegals after December 2022

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.

Nation 21 July 2023 | 06:42 AM

RTK 2.0 one-stop verification centre to open at Putrajaya Immigration HQ

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.

Nation 21 July 2023 | 11:00 PM

One-stop centre to expedite RTK 2.0 process opens in August

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.

Nation 18 Jan 2023 | 06:32 AM

Maids included in new foreign labour recalibration programme starting Jan 27

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.

Nation 18 Jan 2023 | 11:00 PM

Maids to be included in RTK 2.0

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.

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