Malaysia is in need of hundreds of foreign workers, including Filipinos, to fill up companies who lack manpower for their expansion, the Department of Labor and Employment said.
The DoLE received a report the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which reported that the Malaysian government has decided to ease limits on foreign workers to address the problem of companies who lack manpower for their expansion.
It said that export-oriented manufacturers can apply for 100-percent foreign workforce to fill low-level jobs in line with the government’s aim to maintain Malaysia’s competitiveness in the global supply chain.
Deputy Home Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said priority to hire foreign workers would be given to manufacturing companies that export their products, but for production workers only.