Foreign Workers Levy
The Labour Department Sarawak has issued a letter ref: JTKSWK-DG-23(A)JLD.11(6) dated 6 March 2018 to confirm employers in Sarawak shall bear the cost of foreign workers levy with effect from 1st January 2018.
The letter states: “Please be informed that the Cabinet had on 25th March 2016 decided that levy payment by employers for foreign workers which was supposed to be implemented with effect from 1st January 2017 be deferred for one year. The Government had also decided that employers throughout Malaysia shall be responsible to pay foreign workers' levy with effect from 1st January 2018.
A copy of the said letter can be obtained here.