KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Human Resources Ministry says there is no freeze in the recruitment of foreign workers but said many applications to bring in workers had been rejected due to non-compliance with the law. In the past two years, 4,434 employers from the restaurant sub-sector had applied to hire foreign workers via the ePPAx System of the Peninsular Malaysia Manpower Department, and of this number only 1,407 applications involving 8,552 workers were approved, it said. "As at April 2019, 796 applications to hire foreign workers were received. Of this number, 216 applications involving 1,840 foreign workers were approved and 580 applications were rejected. "Of this number, 517 applications were rejected because the employers failed to adhere to labour laws and the remaining 63 were because the employers were not eligible to hire foreign workers," the statement said.

Source: The Star May 18, 2019 03:33 UTC