Gov't studying one levy for foreign workers
The government is studying setting only one rate for levy on foreign workers in all sectors to curb their movement from one sector to another.
The government is studying setting only one rate for levy on foreign workers in all sectors to curb their movement from one sector to another.
Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the problem was partly due to employers’ inability to pay the levy in certain sectors.
“The Home Ministry, Human Resources Ministry and the relevant agencies are still looking at imposing one rate for the levy on foreign workers as practised in other countries to reduce their migration from one sector to another.”
He said this in reply to a question from Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz (BN-Tanah Merah) in the Dewan Rakyat in Kuala Lumpur today.
Wan Junaidi said 744 foreign workers had been detained for misusing their work permit by moving into another sector so far this year.
- Bernama
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