COMMENT | Fine-tuning foreign labour policies to accommodate locals

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COMMENT | Fine-tuning foreign labour policies to accommodate locals
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Despite the government’s efforts to adjust labour policies in supporting vulnerable Malaysians to get jobs, society’s mindset also needs to be changed.

COMMENT | Foreign labour policies seem to be one area the government is starting to look into as well as planning policy reforms awakened by the unprecedented Covid-19 outbreak.According to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department , Mustapa Mohamed, the government will relook foreign labour policies after issues faced by 2.3 million of them during the movement control order .

Migrant workers also became one of the latest concerns after a new cluster was detected at a construction site in Ampang.

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