PLAY PODCASTS
Concrete Solutions Needed For Labour Woes

Concrete Solutions Needed For Labour Woes

Morning Brief

January 11, 20238m 40s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (traffic.omny.fm) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

The shortage of workers which is still plaguing many local industries. Recently, the Home minister said that employers applying for foreign workers from 15 countries will be able to get their applications approved within three days. This is limited to seven sectors and employers are now precluded from going through pre-conditional hiring qualification and quota eligibility. While this may be a welcome move, it is still a short term solution. Hence, what are some of the longer term measures the government should be looking at? For insights, we speak to Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan, Executive Director of Malaysia Employers Federation.

Image credit: Shutterstock

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.