KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — Advocates for migrant workers have warned of potential harm in Putrajaya’s decision to bring forward the deadline for recruiting labour from Bangladesh,...
Malaysian Bar president disappointed over ‘disrespect’ of Federal Court in Kelantan’s re-enactment plans, condemns death threats against Nik ElinFile picture of construction workers for the East Coast Rail Link project at the Kemasul reserve forest in Pahang, March 6, 2023.
“If companies don’t bring foreign workers in now, even if they don’t actually need them and accommodation or production lines are not ready for them, who knows when they will next be able to do so legally,” said Andy Hall, a Nepal-based activist who track labour trafficking activities across Asean countries and South Asia.
“Any form of solution needs to be comprehensive. I think the tripartite relationship needs to be respected so unilaterally coming up with policies is highly likely going to be bad,” the activist said. Just two weeks later, the home minister announced the cutback of duration for application of foreign workers’ recruitment from 29 months and 13 days to 15 months and 23 days. Some industries fumed at the decisions, claiming it disrupted their plans to stack hiring based on peak and non-peak periods.
Alex Ong, an activist with Migrant Care, supported the move to halt foreign workers indefinitely until the hiring system has been completely tightened with strong regulations that would punish abusers. Ong suggested the foreign labour recycling programme can be utilised to offset labour shortages.
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