KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association today called for recalibration fees for the Labour Recalibration Programme 2.0 to legalise foreign workers to be reduced from RM1,500.
“We believe that the fee should be kept as low as possible to encourage related businesses to take part in the programme, otherwise the high amount can be a deterrent. “The programme itself should not be used as a source of income for the government. At the present moment where all costs continue to increase, the government should come in to assist,” he said in a statement this morning.
He said Rehda will encourage employers in all industries with undocumented migrant workers to take part in the recalibration programme to ensure that the well-being of their workers is protected, and their projects and businesses can resume without issues.