EPF contributions will now be mandatory for migrant workers. This comes after the Dewan Rakyat passed amendments to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Act 1991 recently. The proposal was first announced in Budget 2025 and under this scheme, both the employer and employee contribution rate is set at 2%. 

So, is this a step in the right direction for labour rights in Malaysia? Or does it just side step the core problem in Malaysia which is wage suppression? 

We unpack this with Alex Ong from Migrant Care.

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Produced by: Dashran Yohan, Loh Wai Sze

Presented by: Dashran Yohan

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Categories:  politics,  government,  Law/Activism

Tags:  the bigger picture,  beyond the ballot box,  labour rights,  migrant workers,  foreign workers,  epf,