REHIRING/RECALIBRATION PROCESS
STARTING FROM 16TH NOV TO 30TH JUNE 2021, ‘REKALIBRASI’ (RECALIBRATION) PROCESS IS FOR FOREIGNERS WITHOUT A VALID PERMIT TO CONTINUE WORKING OR GO BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AS MALAYSIA HAS FREEZED NEW FOREIGN WORKERS FROM COMING IN DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND IT IS STILL GOING ON. IF YOU’RE A FOREIGN WORKER LOOKING FOR WORK OR AN EMPLOYER LOOKING FOR A SUPPLY OF FOREIGN WORKERS, WE CAN HELP YOU!
THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED THAT IN AN UNSTABLE ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE DUE TO COVID-19, THIS RECALIBRATION PROJECT MAY GIVE HELP WHERE ITS NEEDED. THIS PLAN IS TO GENERATE RM95 MILLION FROM COMPOUND AND OTHER PAYMENTS IMPOSED ON FOREIGNERS WITHOUT PERMIT AND THEIR EMPLOYERS.
THE EMPLOYER NEEDS TO WORK WITH JABATAN IMIGRESEN MALAYSIA AND JABATAN TENAGA KERJA IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS RECALIBRATION PROGRAM.
FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME, ONLY EMPLOYERS OPERATING IN THESE SECTORS OF 3D, WHICH IS DANGEROUS, DIFFICULT AND DIRTY WILL BE PERMITTED TO HIRE PATI (PENDATANG ASING TANPA IZIN – FOREIGNERS WITHOUT PERMITS) AS ITS EMPLOYEES, IN ADDITION THAT ITS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN WOULD BE FROM 15 COUNTRIES SUCH AS THAILAND, NEPAL, CAMBODIA, MYAMMAR AND BANGLADESH.
MENTERI DALAM NEGERI DATUK SERI HAMZAH ZAINUDIN SAYS THAT THIS PROGRAM IS HEADED BY CHIEF SECRETARIAT MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE, DATUK WAN AHMAD DAHLAN ABDUL AZIZ WITH THE RECALIBRATION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE AT MINISTRIAL LEVEL DISCUSSED THAT THERE IS A NEED TO EXPAND THE PROJECT TO OTHER SECTORS IN THE FUTURE AND EXPATRIATE-RELATED POLICIES. KDN AND KSM AGREES TO INTERGRATE AND SHARE DATA IN ORDER TO MANAGE THE AFFAIRS OF FOREIGN WORKERS INCLUDING THE STANDARDZATION OF SALARY PAYMENTS THROUGH A COMMON E-WAGES SYSTEM.
EMPLOYERS SHOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM TO REGISTER EXISTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE COUNTRY AS A SOURCE OF MANPOWER IN ALL SECTORS INVOLVED.
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