KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 30 -- Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng has urged the government to exempt existing foreign workers from mandatory Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributions and a proposed RM300 monthly minimum wage increase, saying the measures would impose additional costs on local businesses, particularly micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

The DAP lawmaker said he had told Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim that employers, including MSMEs, were opposed to the mandatory contributions and the increase in minimum wages for existing foreign workers.

He claimed Anwar had been given misleading information suggesting that employers had begun accepting the requirement for a 2 per cent EPF contribution for foreign workers.

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