 | MEF thanks the YAB PM Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, and Datuk Seri M. Saravanan, Minister Human Resources for Initiatives to enhance Business with USA MEF thanks the YAB PM Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, for raising several issues affecting Malaysia’s businesses including the issues on forced labour to the USA President.
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Monday, 16 May 2022 |
| | MEF Appeals for Special Approval to Employ Refugees and Undocumented Foreign Workers to Ease Acute Shortage of Labour MEF President Dato’ Dr. Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P. stated that “MEF is very concerned that after close to three months of opening up of the applications to recruit new foreign workers no new foreign workers are brought in yet.Press Release
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Thursday, 28 April 2022 |
| | MEF: Urgent Need to Address Shortage of Foreign Workers MEF President Dato’ Dr. Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P. stated that “MEF is very concerned that after close to two months of opening up of the applications to recruit new foreign workers up till now only 2,605 applications submitted to hire foreign workers in the manufacturing and plantation sectors were approved.Press Release
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Tuesday, 5 April 2022 |
| | MEF: Malaysia’s ratification of protocol to the ILO Convention 29 will better address issues on Forced Labour MEF President Dato’ Dr. Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P. stated that “MEF congratulates YB Datuk Seri M Saravanan, the Minister of Human Resources and the Government of Malaysia for ratifying the Protocol to ILO Convention 29 on Forced Labour.Press Release
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Tuesday, 22 March 2022 |
| | MEF: Government’s intervention measures needed to mitigate increasing costs of doing business MEF President Dato’ Dr. Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P. stated that “there are many details that need to be discussed with the stakeholders before the RM 1500 minimum wages is immediately implemented. The devil is in the details of its execution. Currently many stakeholders are still in the dark on the details of the new minimum wages implementation.Press Release
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Monday, 21 March 2022 |
| | MEF: Special RM10,000 EPF withdrawal only if it is absolutely necessary MEF President Dato’ Dr. Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P. stated that “the RM10,000 EPF special withdrawal should be based on the special needs of each EPF member and not be based on a blanket approval that allows all EPF contributors to withdraw RM 10,000 from their EPF accounts.Press Release
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Wednesday, 16 March 2022 |
| | MEF: Various Initiatives of Government and its Agencies Create More Jobs and Transform Graduates to be More Employable MEF President Dato’ Dr. Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P. stated that “the Ministry of Higher Education with its agencies are working hard to rebrand TVET to be the mainstream education with high rate of employability that has given more options to young Malaysians for their career progression.Press Release
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Friday, 4 March 2022 |
| | MEF: MEF calls for the Foreign Workers One Channel System be spearheaded by the Ministry of Human Resources MEF President Dato’ Dr. Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P. stated that “MEF proposes that the recruitment and management of foreign workers including foreign domestic workers be placed under one ministry for efficiency and business efficacy.Press Release
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Thursday, 17 February 2022 |
| | MEF Welcomes HRD Corp’s Role as the Central Agency for Development of Human Capital MEF President Dato’ Dr. Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P. stated that “MEF appreciates the various programmes targeted to these groups. MEF is thankful to Datuk Shahul Hameed Dawood. HRD Corp CEO and YB Datuk Seri M Saravanan the Minister Human Resources for focusing to educate, train and develop these groups more employable. MEF supports these initiatives and encourages its members to support and make these programmes successful “.Press Release
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Friday, 11 February 2022 |
| | MEF : RM 1,500 New Minimum Wages Will Derail Economic Recovery and Kill Many Businesses Malaysian Employers Federation President Dato’ Dr. Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P. stated that “more efforts should be directed towards business recovery of the private sector and controlling the rising cost of products and services.Press Release
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Sunday, 6 February 2022 |