
Surprisingly in 2008 there was reported a total of 2.06 million foreign workers registered in the country but here the statistics just show some 50% of that reported numbers. Well… this is despite the fact that Subsection 26 (1) of Workmen’s Compensation Act 1952, having direct that all employers of foreign workers must ensure that the workers are insured all of their foreign workers within the Foreign Workers’ Compensation Scheme designated by the Human Resources Minister. The Subsection 26 (1) of Workmen’s Compensation Act 1952 specifically states that failure to do so is an offence and if convicted, the employer would be fined not more than RM20,000, or jailed for not more than two years or both.