ACTIVITY
2023-06-28
MEETING WITH HUMAN RESOURCES MINISTER
PRIMAS President, Mr. J. Govindasamy @ Suresh, Deputy President, Mr. C. Krishnan, Hon. Secretary, Mr. N. Shanmugam and Asst. Treasurer, Mr. B. Dhayalan attended the meeting with YB TUAN V. SIVAKUMAR A/L VARATHARAJU NAIDU, Human Resource Minister in Putrajaya.
PRIMAS had discussion and appealed on the followings:-
1) Application Through FWCMS/eQuota/Fwe
i) Some PRIMAS members who have applied for eQuota before the 18th March 2023 have not receive the KSM's approval.
YB Minister said that will consider to expedite the approval.
ii) Most PRIMAS members have not yet made the application because the application has been frozen.
iii) PRIMAS had also made the request that the Application Through FWCMS/eQuota/Few be reopened.
YB Minister informed that currently temporarily stopped until further notice.
2) Application for Salary Deduction Under Section 24(7) of the Labor Act 1955 for the purpose of Food and Beverage.
3) Approval of replacement of foreign workers through "Check Out Memo†(COM) automatically, i.e. is replaced with one (1) approval for the part replacement.
4) Applying to extend the age of foreign workers from 18 years - 45 years to 18 years – 55 years old.
YB Minister informed that will study to revise and to consider till further notice to all the para: 2, 3 & 4’s request.