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achievement of achievement of
outcome outcome

Identify and address gaps in Train foreign and Malaysian labour
migration and employment attachés, immigration officials,
frameworks, including visa border police, labour inspectors and
framework, for example: consider other law enforcement personnel
reviewing policies on renewal of on forced labour laws, labour
work permits to allow workers to migration and vulnerabilities of National Action Plan on Forced Labour (2021-2025)
renew their own work permit and to migrant workers, victim
change employers during the time identification and support.
period for which the permit is
granted. (NAPTIP)

Increase monitoring of compliance
Monitor labour recruiters’ licence in with work permits with the onus to
Malaysia and their practices in terms the employers.
of legal compliance. (NAPTIP)
3.3. Men and women Develop a mandatory pre-departure 2022, 2025
Develop policy for non-automatic migrant workers are orientation programme with a
cancellation of work permits just informed of legal rights based framework targeted at
based on a police report submitted migration pathways, migrant workers to inform them of
by the employer reporting their workplace their rights, the relevant laws
abscondment but instead rights and relating to forced labour, child
conducting investigation looking at entitlements and key labour and TIP. (NAPTIP)
possible indicators of forced labour. relevant legislation
relating to forced
labour and TIP, in
their own languages. Enter into agreement with source
Develop a mechanism to monitor countries to make public the
salary deductions by employers recruitment costs at both countries.
particularly those related to
recruitment fees.
Pursue government-to-government
cooperation.
Conduct labour supply and demand
matching for recruitment of migrant Conduct mandatory post-arrival
workers. sector-specific orientation training
designed to supplement the pre-
departure training and ensure there
Enhance existing private social is clear regulation on:
compliance systems including
increasing workers’ voice and a) List of licensed post-arrival service
providing training for social providers provided sending
auditors. countries to be recognised by
National Action Plan on Forced Labour (2021-2025) 3.2. Law enforcement prevent recruitment of 2023, 2025 post-arrival;
Malaysia after an auditing process;
b) Standardised post-arrival training
Reduce the cost (including hidden
according to sector;
and undeclared costs) for recruiting
c) Random auditing of workers on
documented migrant workers to
undocumented workers.
d) Random auditing of training
providers in Malaysia on the
training; and
e) Private employment agencies and
Recruit, train and deploy additional
employers compliance on this.
law enforcement officials at borders
officials and labour
to address trafficking for forced
attachés have
labour issues.
improved capacity for
migration
management and
prevention of forced
labour in line with
the guiding
principles of the
NAPFL