FOREIGN WORKERS IN MALAYSIA Can’t live with them‚ can’t live without them. At least that’s what quite a lot of Malaysians I know feel about them. Deputy Human Resources Minister‚ Senator said that there are 1.403 million foreigners here holding the Temporary Employment Visit Pass‚ which accounts for 11.2% of Malaysia’s total workforce. That’s actually quite a lot of foreigners for a country with a 2.7% unemployment rate as of last year. But it’s no use denying the fact that we need them. The fact
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EMPLOYEMENT OF FOREIGN LABOUR IN THE PLANTATION INDUSTRY In Malaysia the agricultural sector is experiencing a shortage of labour because of the rural to urban migration of youth to work in factories. Although the labour requirement in forest plantations is less then in agriculture it still has to compete for labour in an expanding Malaysian economy where the working conditions in other industries are usually more conducive. A natural tendency is for the plantation sector to engage foreign workers. The
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FOREIGN WORKER IN MALAYSIA The presence of foreign workers is one of the most critical issues facing the Malaysian construction market‚ as the increasing construction work which requires significant man-power. Most of the workers come from neighbouring countries such as Indonesia‚ Bangladesh‚ the Philippines‚ Nepal‚ Myanmar‚ Vietnam and India. What causes the increasing numbers foreign workers in the construction sites? The causes for the influx of foreign workers in Malaysia is the locals prefer
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Employment of Foreign Workers (Amendment) Bill‚ 2nd Reading Speech by Dr Ng Eng Hen‚ Minister for Manpower‚ 22 May 2007 Print This Page Email This Page Mr Speaker‚ Sir‚ I beg to move “That the Bill be read a second time.” Rationale 2. Singapore today enjoys strong economic growth accompanied by plentiful new jobs - an all-time high of 176‚000 in 2006‚ of which 90‚900 went to locals. The economic prospects continue to look promising. We have a strong investment pipeline with a
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heavily on the availability of the large number of foreign labour. Economic Report 2001/2002 stated the employment of 769‚300 workforces in the construction sector‚ foreign workers are estimated to constitute 70% (or 538‚500) of the construction workforce. The Malaysian Construction Industry has revamped its employment of foreign workers beginning the third quarter of 2002. As of today‚ approximately 300‚000 legal foreign workers are employed in the construction industry (Wong‚ 2002)
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SUBMISSION: NAME | ID NO. | MARKS | | | Delivery | Language | Content | Participation | Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Comments: TITLE: Malaysia has too many foreign workers INTRODUCTION Malaysia has long prided itself as a model of ethnic harmony. There are about 21 million (July 1997) people in Malaysia from diverse races. It can be said that in diversity there is unity because in Malaysia all the races
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Construction Management and Economics (2001) 19‚ 789-798 Foreign workers and labour segmentation in Malaysia ’s construction industry ABDUL-RASHID ABDUL-AZIZ School of Housing Building and Planning‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Minden 11800‚ Penang‚ Malaysia Received 1 September 2000; accepted 24 May 2001 One of the profound changes to have taken place over the last two decades in the construction industry in Malaysia is the emergence of foreign site operatives as an indispensable component of the
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increasing numbers of foreign workers. As of December 2008‚ there were 2.06 million foreign workers in Malaysia‚ which relies heavily on them to help out in the construction and plantation sectors. Most of the workers are sourced from Indonesia‚ India‚ Bangladesh and Nepal. Despite the economic downturn and rising retrenchment in Malaysia‚ Bangladeshi workers were still in demand as they were hardworking‚ efficient‚ obedient‚ easy to train and did not demand a high salary. Workers were known to be able
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Workers compensation is the one of the required benefits that have to be offered from employers to their employees. According to (Milkovich‚ Newman‚ & Gerhart (2014)‚ workers compensation costs employers on average around 58.3 billion dollars a year and it is considered as a major cost of doing business. Workers compensation is a type of no-fault insurance that covers injuries and illnesses that happen while one is at their place of employment. Some of the benefits that are given are for medical
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The Influx of Foreign Workers into Malaysia Written by Nor Hartini binti Saari. Posted in Artikel The influx of foreign workers into Malaysia is not a new phenomenon. Looking at the concern issues‚ it is a task for the Malaysian government to search for a mechanism in order to manage and control this phenomenon before it become worse. From a domestic perspective‚ there are several ways or strategies the Malaysian government may take to deal with this problem. To deter foreign workers from becoming
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