Forced labour import bans are a big stick with extraterritorial reach. They appeal to civil society organisations because ...

There is a hype going around that Malaysia will recruit 1 to 1.2 million workers, but in reality, the country will recruit no more than 30,000 to 40,000 workers from Bangladesh in the coming year, ...

The operators of energy-hungry data centres in Malaysia are scrambling to reassess costs after steeper-than-expected power tariffs kicked in on Tuesday, industry players said, clouding prospects for ...

Malaysian Employers’ Federation and the Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society say the workforce is dominated by low- to ...

The Climate Change Committee has called for policy costs to come off electricity bills in an ‘optimistic’ first report on ...

In a decisive step toward eradicating modern slavery, Malaysia is advancing efforts to eliminate forced labour with the development of a renewed National Action Plan on Forced Labour (NAPFL), in close ...

A decade after a landmark UN report found North Korea guilty of crimes against humanity, many abuses continue, a UN official has said. James Heenan, the UN human rights official, said that while North ...

Dato’ Sri Dr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin, Chief Statistician Malaysia attributed these shifts to post-pandemic changes in the labour market landscape. Labour costs climbed to RM471.8bn in 2022 Total labour ...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 — MSM Malaysia Holdings Bhd reiterates its call for a tariff on imported sugar to address the ongoing influx of low-priced Thai sugar into the domestic market. Group chief ...

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Malaysia is expected to add 6-8 gigawatts of gas-fired power by 2030 to address growing electricity consumption driven by demand from data centres, an industry official said.