Bosses warned against replacing local workers with foreigners

PUTRAJAYA: Strict action will be taken against employers who dismissed local workers in order to replace them with foreign nationals,. Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar said the rationale behind the government’s Foreign Worker Employment Relaxation Plan was not to replace locals with foreign workers but rather to meet manpower needs in five critical sectors. “No […]

Minister urges locals to fill void left by foreign workers in plantations

KUALA LUMPUR: In the quest to offset the shortage of workers in the plantation and commodity sectors due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali has called on locals to fill the void left by foreign workers. He said the shortage of manpower in the plantation and […]