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As the local expert on the labor market and employment trends, Shaveh brings you the latest news and views on Manpower, Foreign Workers, Employment Pass, Recruitment in Malaysia and other countries, daily.

Bank group supports steps to stabilise ringgit

09 Dec 2016

KUALA LUMPUR: The Association of Banks in Malaysia (ABM) sees the new measures introduced by the Financial Markets Committee (FMC) to stabilise the ringgit will ultimately benefit all the real sectors of the economy.

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FMM: Myanmar ban, recall on workers disruptive, unfair

09 Dec 2016

KUALA LUMPUR: Myanmar's move to impose a ban on its new workers and possible recall of existing workers from Malaysia is disruptive and unfair to Malaysia’s manufacturers.

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Dear Mr. Trump, About Those U.S. IPhones

08 Dec 2016

Dear Mr. Trump,
You don't know me but I'm Terry Gou, the man who makes your iPhone.

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Myanmar bans workers going to Malaysia as Rohingya crisis grows

07 Dec 2016

YANGON: Myanmar has banned workers from going to Muslim-majority Malaysia as relations sour between the neighbours over a bloody military crackdown on the Buddhist country’s Rohingya minority.

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Foreign labour affected by ringgit drop, says report

05 Dec 2016

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 ― The recent depreciation of the ringgit and the probability of a continuing slump is forcing Malaysia’s foreign labour to consider returning home or looking for employment elsewhere, Singapore’s Straits Times reported today.

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Bursa Securities reprimands MyEG and its MD

02 Dec 2016

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd has publicly reprimanded My EG Services Bhd (MyEG) and its managing director, Wong Thean Soon, for the late disclosure to Bursa on its appointment to implement the fully online renewal of foreign workers’ permit from 2015 onwards.

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McDonald's M'sia drops labour supply agency over alleged worker exploitation

02 Dec 2016

KUALA LUMPUR: Fast food giant McDonald's said it has dropped a labour supply agency in Malaysia after claims emerged that it was underpaying its migrant workers and housing them in appalling conditions.

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Singapore losing edge in drawing and keeping talent: IMD report

30 Nov 2016

Among 61 economies, Republic scores on attracting foreign talent, but lags in developing homegrown talent; high living costs also hurt its appeal

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Banks with ATM, CDM to be instructed to hire 24-hour security guards

28 Nov 2016

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today said that he would ask Bank Negara to instruct all banks which have automated teller machines (ATM) and cash deposit machines (CDM) nationwide to provide 24-hour security guard service at the premises.

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New rulings for KL businesses from Jan 1

28 Nov 2016

AT LEAST 50% equity in all businesses in Kuala Lumpur must be owned by Malaysians starting next year, said Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) executive director (Socio-Economic Development) Datuk Mohd Sauffi Muhamad.

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