Covid-19 pandemic causes labour shortage for Malaysia's palm oil industry
Thursday, 21 May 2020 07:01 PM MYT
The world's second-biggest palm oil producer relies on foreigners for 70 per cent of its plantation workforce, drawing mainly from neighbouring Indonesia and from South Asian countries. Recruitment, however, has stalled in recent months because of stay-at-home orders in Malaysia and other countries to prevent the disease spread.
MPOA, which represents big planters such as Sime Darby Plantations and FGV Holdings, wants the government to extend work permits for existing workers and speed up recruitment from countries such as Bangladesh. “The current batch of foreign workers are those who have a work permit... when their permit ends, they will be sent back to their respective countries. This is an opportunity for us to replace them with locals.”
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