Channel NewsAsia cites challenges in industries such as healthcare and F&B.

H&M says it is investigating 20 alleged instances of labour abuse, as a UK-based NGO says cases of alleged abuses including wage theft and forced overtime have multiplied since the coup.

This comes weeks after top rival Zara owner Inditex said it is phasing out purchases from the Southeast Asian country.

A total of 8.83 million were recorded compared to 8.62 million in Q2 2022.

Mustapha Sakmud says there is no telling how long the gig economy will last.

The Malaysian Trades Union Congress says the government must intervene in annual salary increases and that market forces cannot determine the price of labour.

V Sivakumar cites the rise of artificial intelligence and its use in the automation of tasks.

Some SPM graduates say they do not know how to convince their parents of what they want to do in life.

A survey based on interviews with domestic workers in Southeast Asia says 29% of those in Malaysia face such conditions, compared to 7% and 4% in its neighbours Singapore and Thailand, respectively.

The Labour Department vows to take action against recruitment agencies and companies found to have misused government quotas and licences for hiring migrant workers.

It is unclear how the workers ended up without jobs despite arriving in Malaysia with employment contracts and promises that their temporary work visas would become permanent on arrival.

Malaysia has faced accusations of forced labour in manufacturing and palm oil production over the years, including some by the US, which banned imports from several of its firms for such practices.