PSM rejects six months grace period for employers to hire migrant workers

A company unable to pay the minimum wage of RM1,500 yet allowed to recruit migrant workers under the new relaxed plan is less likely to meet other labour law standards, said PSM today.

Its deputy chairperson S Arutchelvan (above) said this in denouncing the Home Ministry’s recent announcement that employers are now given a grace period of six months after they…