The process of bringing in foreign workers to Malaysia was revamped in April with the ministry spearheading the management of the One Channel System (OCS).

“The ministry is in a better position to do all the required approvals instead of cross-ministry involvement, which wastes too much time on bureaucracy and adds costs.

“MEF believes that the human resources ministry, being the custodian of labour and working with employers and unions, should be the one-stop ministry to manage the OCS,” president Syed Hussain Syed Husman said in a statement.

He said, under their tripartism principles, employers and employees as well as their trade unions had organised many meetings with the ministry to discuss labour policies and resolve human resources matters.

“Hence, officials from the labour department, manpower department, skills development department, and the occupational safety and health department are well aware of the situation on the ground,” he added.