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Time For A Massive Labour Reboot In Malaysia

Carmelo Ferlito, CEO, Center for Market Education

14-Apr-22 07:45

Time For A Massive Labour Reboot In Malaysia

Malaysian companies are struggling with the paucity of the supply of foreign labour on which it so greatly depends, making the local labour ecosystem ripe for a massive rethink and restructuring. Carmelo Ferlito, CEO, Center for Market Education, analyses. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Khoo Hsu Chuang, Tan Chen Li


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Categories:  social issues,  politics,  law and legal matters

Tags:  Malaysia wage policy,  foreign labour,  minimum wages,  Malaysia-indonesia mou,  ministry of human resources,  migrant workers, 


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