Restaurant owners raise concerns over price hikes and cuts in employee numbers.

The prime minister cannot run with the foxes and hunt with the hounds.

They say the deal was struck in 2008 and should have been fulfilled in 2011.

At issue is whether Amazon uses tracking technology in its warehouses in Britain primarily to surveil worker productivity – a claim Amazon has repeatedly denied – or to promote worker safety, as the company says.

The Malaysian Palm Oil Association estimates only 12% of approvals for migrant workers granted to companies across all industry sectors in Malaysia have successfully translated into boots on the ground.

Human Resources Minister M Saravanan says engagement sessions with stakeholders found that industry players, especially employers, needed more time before the amendments came into force.

New applications will be processed from Aug 19 onwards while earlier applications will proceed before the end of the month.

M Saravanan said the first batch of Indonesian workers is already in Malaysia and that papers for another 23,000 workers are being processed.

The revelation of child labour in Hyundai's US supply chain could spark consumer, regulatory and reputational backlash for one of the most powerful and profitable automakers in the world.

Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Siti Zailah Yusoff says there is not much demand for it in the country.

The Malaysian Employers Federation says the country might lose out on the high demand for commodities, manufactured goods and services due to its shortage of manpower.

Questions arise over cost, productivity and the payment of wages if the conventional work week is trimmed by a day.