Malaysian companies hire Myanmar workers directly, without broker fees
Malaysian companies hire Myanmar workers directly, without broker fees
Myanmar Times,, 01 Aug 2018
URL: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/malaysian-companies-hire-myanmar-workers-directly-without-broker-fees.html
Malaysian factories are hiring Myanmar labourers directly, without charging them broker fees, because of a labour shortage, according to the Myanmar Overseas Employment Agencies Federation.
“Employers from Malaysia are directly hiring Myanmar workers with zero fees. This will lead to the increase of workers in the peninsula,” U Kyaw Zaw, general secretary of the federation, told The Myanmar Times on Tuesday.
Members of the federation said they expect to send hundreds of workers to Malaysia because Nepal has banned the export of its workers to Malaysia, and Malaysia has banned labourers from Bangladesh at the moment. But, Myanmar migrant activists and workers in Malaysia have warned Myanmar workers not to come to Malaysia because of unsafe working conditions, low salaries and government crackdowns on illegal foreign workers. They advised them to find work in other countries.
“Employers from Malaysia are directly hiring Myanmar workers with zero fees. This will lead to the increase of workers in the peninsula,” U Kyaw Zaw, general secretary of the federation, told The Myanmar Times on Tuesday.
Members of the federation said they expect to send hundreds of workers to Malaysia because Nepal has banned the export of its workers to Malaysia, and Malaysia has banned labourers from Bangladesh at the moment. But, Myanmar migrant activists and workers in Malaysia have warned Myanmar workers not to come to Malaysia because of unsafe working conditions, low salaries and government crackdowns on illegal foreign workers. They advised them to find work in other countries.