Malaysia agrees to recruit 10,000 workers from SL
Malaysia’s Cabinet has agreed to recruit 10,000 workers from Sri Lanka after considering the economic crisis.
Malaysian Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan in a statement today (21) said the Lankan government submitted an official application to supply manpower involving a quota of 10,000 workers.
The Malaysian Cabinet, at its meeting on the 14th of September, agreed to hire foreign workers to help Sri Lanka, facing its worst economic crisis, he said, urging Malaysian industry and employers to support the government’s gesture by employing workers from Sri Lanka to fill vacancies in sectors allowed to hire foreign workers.According to Minister Saravanan, employers who have been given quota approval and have settled the levy payment should seize the opportunity.
As of last Sept 14, levy payments had been made for 416,634 applications for foreign workers, he said, adding that employers keen to hire foreign workers can contact the ministry’s Migrant Worker Management Division or the Peninsular Malaysia Labour Department for more information.