
News by Country: Malaysia
5 February 2021
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Malaysian
Employers Federation: RM9b Penjana allocation will help revive employment
sector (Malay Mail, 6 June 2020)
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Malaysia
farms face $3.9 billion hit from palm oil worker shortage (Straits
Times, 5 June 2020)
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Report:
AirAsia to lay off 250 staff members following Covid-19 downturn (Malay
Mail, 4 June 2020)
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Socso: Job
losses in Malaysia increased by 42pc in Q1 due to Covid-19 (Malay
Mail, 3 June 2020)
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New scheme
needed for gig workers (The Malaysian Reserve, 1
June 2020)
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Govt urged
to come to aid of hotel workers who lost jobs (Malay
Mail, 31 May 2020)
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Malaysian Employers Soon Required To Give Foreign
Workers Proper Accommodation (TRP,
29 May 2020)
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Malaysia employers to provide accommodation for
foreign workers (hrmasia, 28 May 2020)
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Stop hiring illegal migrant workers, says MEF
(Malay Mail, 28 May 2020)
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Putrajaya delays enforcing law amendment for worker
housing improvement (Malay
Mail, 27 May 2020)
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MTUC calls for stringent checks on workplaces, migrant
workers’ dorms after fresh outbreak of Covid-19 cases
(Malay Mail, 26 May 2020)
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60% of Malaysian workers will struggle to survive
beyond a week of unemployment (The
Edge Market, 24 May 2020)
· The
saddest Eid: Covid-19 cuts lifeline for Indonesian migrant families (FMT News,
22 May 2020)
· Covid-19
pandemic causes labour shortage for Malaysia's palm industry (Business
Times, 21 May 2020)
· COVID-19:
New cluster involving immigration detainees identified in Malaysia (CNA, 21
May 2020)
· MTUC
slams Malaysian Employers Federation after retrenchment warning (Malay
Mail, 21 May 2020)
· Malaysia's
jobless persons rise 16pct in March (New Straits Times, 21
May 2020)
· Malaysia
nabs 200 illegal migrants in Petaling Jaya Old Town amid coronavirus lockdown (Straits
Times, 20 May 2020)
· Get ready
for post-Raya lay-offs, bosses group warns (FMT News, 19 May
2020)
· Online
petition urging Pos Malaysia to give Raya bonus to its delivery staff garners
over 18,000 signatures
(The
Star, 19 May 2020)
· Told not
to hire migrant workers, market traders in KL struggle to handle business on
their own (Malay Mail, 18 May 2020)
· Don’t
forget about us, Oil and Gas workers stranded in India (Malay Mail,
18 May 2020)
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How Malaysian workplaces are changing due to Covid-19 (The
Star, 15 May 2020)
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More than 50,000 foreign workers in Penang to be
screened for Covid-19 (Malay Mail, 14 May
2020)
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Malaysia Deports Nearly 400 Undocumented Myanmar
Workers (The Irrawaddy, 12 April 2020)
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Coronavirus: Hundreds of foreign workers detained in
major KL raid (Straits Times, 12 May 2020)
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Migrant workers: Wake-up call for Malaysia
(Aliran, 12 May 2020)
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MTUC: Govt should review decision to appoint BP
Healthcare Group as sole company allowed to carry Covid-19 tests
(Malay Mail, 11 May 2020)
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Should all employees get tested for Covid-19? MOH says
sticking to targeted approach (Malay Mail, 11 May
2020)
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Malaysia detains hundreds of foreign workers in major
raid on KL Wholesale Market (Straits
Times, 11 May 2020)
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MTUC: Stop draining workers EPF savings to prop up
economy (Malay Mail, 10 May 2020)
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MTUC wants clarification on mandatory Covid-19
screening for workers (New Straits Times, 10
May 2020)
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Now, Socso says only using full lab tests for Covid-19
worker screening (Malay Mail, 9 May 2020)
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Malaysia's unemployment rate at highest in a decade:
Statistics department (CNA,
8 May 2020)
· MTUC
criticises senior minister’s suggestion for workers to subsidise Covid-19 tests
(Malay
Mail, 8 May 2020)
· Manhunt
in Malaysia as 145 workers flee quarantine (GCR, 7 May 2020)
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Covid-19: Malaysian retailers say job cuts, store
closures inevitable as ‘new normal’ bites
(Malay Mail, 6 May 2020)
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PM Muhyiddin shares Malaysia six-pronged strategy in
Covid-19 Fight (Straits Times, 5 May 2020)
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Malaysia slashes interest rates to fight COVID-19
impact (CNA, 5 May 2020)
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Market analysts observe sharp decline in local
manufacturing sector due to Covid-19 restrictions (Malay Mail, 4 May 2020)