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PETALING JAYA (Feb 6, 2013): Labour groups from Malaysia and across the region have expressed shock over the government's recent decision that migrant labourers in the country are now required to pay their own levy.

PETALING JAYA: A group of 67 civil society organisations and trade unions today expressed dismay over the government’s decision to allow foreign workers’ employers to deduct wages of the workers to recover the levy employers had paid the government to employ these workers.

The re-imposition of the foreign-worker levy on foreign workers is symptomatic of the pressures under which Malaysian employers are working under as they scramble to readjust to higher costs from the minimum wage policy which was implemented in the beginning of the year.

PETALING JAYA: Forcing migrant workers to pay levy charges will lead to further exploitation, according to Tenaganita.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government’s decision to make migrant workers pay for the levy is immoral and unjust, said Tenaganita executive director, Irene Fernandez.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 1, 2013): The Indonesian Embassy has sought to reassure its citizens in Malaysia that the cabinet decision on levy payment will not eat into their new wages.

The Malaysian government has approved the importation of new guest workers from Bangladesh after a nearly six-year moratorium.

Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia will have to pay a levy of TK 1,000 to 4,000 a month from now on.