Foreign Workers In Malaysia Pdf
Share of foreigners to employment by sector 2016.
Foreign workers in malaysia pdf. Adapted from the immigration department of malaysia 2014 immigration department of malaysia statistics on the number of foreign. The growing presence of foreign workers in malaysia can be explained by excess demand for labour combine with rapid economic growth as well as the cheaper cost of foreign workers. The number of registered workers soared upward and continued to increase from about 3 500 in 2000 to almost 150 000 in 2015. While foreign labour management is a top policy priority in malaysia the number of foreign workers in the country is a perennial mystery.
Foreign worker official term for a migrant worker on a temporary employment visit pass in malaysia harm an act that causes financial physical or emotional injury immigration card i kad an identification card issued by the immigration department of malaysia to migrant workers and indicated. Malaysian employers federation december 2014 practical guidelines for employers on the recruitment placement employment and repatriation of foreign workers in malaysia. However the labour force survey lfs reports that the number of foreign workers. The number of foreign workers in malaysia has grown rapidly over the last.
Foreign labour especially the blue collar workers contributes quite significantly to the. Malaysias invisible workforce in an interview with malaysian digest malaysian employers federation mef executive director datuk shamsuddin bardan pic said there are currently 2 8 to 2 9 million migrant workers in malaysia. Malaysia is one of the top five destinations for migrant workers in asia world bank 2016 1 estimates of the migrant worker population in malaysia range from 3 million ilo 2016 to 6 million mef 2016. Share of documented foreign workers of labour force source.
Another active major supplier for foreign workers to malaysia myanmar maintained a 5 share of the total supply. Ministry of home affairs moha department of statistics malaysia dosm foreign worker share of labour force has trended downwards of late 10 8 18 8 12 0 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 15 ceiling set in rmk 11 chart 3. Increase moderately until 2015.