The Ministry of Human Resources has dismissed reports by news portals that it has suspended the implementation of Act 446.

About 10,961 or 73.9% of employers did not comply with the Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446)

According to activists, the practice of employers reporting foreign workers to the Immigration Department to avoid paying their salaries is nothing new

The HR Ministry will launch an e-wages system soon to guarantee that all workers in Malaysia are paid their wages and salaries as their employers had promised. 

There is still time for employers to legalise their foreign workers in Peninsular Malaysia. 

If you want to know how to obtain approval for a workers' hostel, here are the steps, as highlighted by the Department of Labour:

The government has gazetted the Emergency Ordinance (Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities) 2021.

The Ministry of Federal Territories will make it mandatory for all employers to produce information about accommodation for foreign workers to be hired.

Employers that fail to conduct screening tests on their foreign employees for COVID-19 by Feb 28 will not be able to renew their temporary working permits (PLKS).

The Human Resources Minister also announced that employers must provide quarantine centres to isolate their foreign workers who contracted COVID-19.