IPOH: The government has agreed to reinstate the foreign workers replacement system to all sectors effective July 1.
Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran said this would allow employers to get a replacement for a foreign worker who had returned to his home country without having to go through a new application process.
“At the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the government approved the reinstatement of the system that was suspended (by the previous government) in 2017,” the Ipoh Barat member of parliament said after a dialogue session with the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCCI), and the Malaysian Palm Oil Manufacturers Association at the PCCCI office here today.
“It was an inconvenience to employers who were forced to go through the normal application process and incur further costs to get replacement workers.
“The government believes this approach will not involve increasing the number of foreign workers, but instead retain the number of foreign workers which has been approved for employers before,” he said.
The minister said the government’s decision was expected to help resolve the shortage of workers and ensure that the production of goods, especially those for export, was not affected.
He said employers wishing to apply for the replacement of foreign workers should contact the foreign workers management division of the Ministry of Home Affairs.- Bernama