Adapt to survive: There must be a willingness among workers to be mobile, learn new skills and adapt to new and more challenging work environments, experts say.
PETALING JAYA: Policies are needed to encourage companies to hire more locals and curb rising unemployment rates in the current recovery period and even when the Covid-19 pandemic is over, say employer groups and workers’ unions.
Long-term planning is essential in changing the perception that the jobs that many foreign workers usually take up are “socially undesirable”.
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