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PETALING JAYA: While the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has called for the strict enforcement against illegal foreign workers to be continued even after the second Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK 2.0) ends on March 31, another group feels that a third RTK may be necessary.
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.
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A total 96,809 undocumented immigrants (Pati) have been deported as at Aug 20 under the Repatriation Recalibration Programme, says Immigration Department of Malaysia (JIM) deputy director-general (control), Datuk Makhzan Mahyuddin on Thursday (Aug 26).
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.
PETALING JAYA: A syndicate that operates as a "middleman" for the labour recalibration and repatriation programme has been busted.
KUALA LUMPUR: The current freeze on foreign workers' hiring quota will be maintained as the number of migrant workers has almost hit the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) target, says Human Resources Minister Steven Sim.
PETALING JAYA: Employers looking to resolve their labour needs via the second labour recalibration progamme (RTK 2.0) should not wait till the last hour, says a major restaurant owners body.
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 group of foreigners has been detained for attempting to alter information on their passports while registering for the Second Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK 2.0), says Immigration Department director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh.
PETALING JAYA: The Immigration Department needs to be prepared to handle the mounting paperwork ahead of the March 31 deadline for the second Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK 2.0), say employers.
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GEORGE TOWN: Cleaning services operator Baby Goh has lost more than half of her Indonesian workforce since Malaysia was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic last year.
PETALING JAYA: While the food & beverage sector is doing all right with the number of foreign workers, the plantation and other sectors say they are still in need of extra hands.
The labour market is expected to improve further throughout this year even as the country’s unemployment rate returned to the pre-pandemic level of 3.3% last November.
The lack of workers is hitting industries hard, with some businesses struggling to reopen. All parties should work together to affect systemic changes so that the country’s recovery is not derailed.
Opportunities for overtime and training are opening up for local workers as employers rush to overcome a shortage of skilled and semi-skilled foreign workers.
PUTRAJAYA: The 2.5 million documented foreigners in the country will be included in the Covid-19 vaccination programme, says the Home Minister.
