EPF contributions will now be mandatory for migrant workers.
This comes after the House of Representatives passed amendments to the Employees Provident Fund Act 1991 recently. The proposal was first announced in Budget 2025 and under this scheme, both the employer and employee contribution rate is set at 2%.
So, is this a step in the right direction for labour rights in Malaysia? Or does it just side-step the core problem in Malaysia, which is wage suppression?
BFM unpacks this with Alex Ong from Migrant Care.
Presented and produced by: Dashran Yohan/BFM
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