LABOUR COST IN MALAYSIA 2016 Final Report - National Labour Cost Survey 2016 (F | Page 109
e.
* Foreign workers’ levy
(currently not borne by
employers)
84% of survey respondents with foreign workers in June
2016 paid for levy in 2015. The average payment per
foreign worker per month is computed based on:
(Total payment by establishments which paid for levy in
2015 divided by total foreign workers in these
establishments in June 2016)
The calculation assumed that there was no major
change in the total foreign workers of these
establishments from 2015 to June 2016
Non-wage cost B
a.
Severance / termination
Less than 3% of survey respondents paid for severance
/ termination in 2015. The average payment per
establishment per year is computed based on:
(Total payment by establishments which paid for
severance in 2015 divided by total number of these
establishments / respondents)
b.
Recruitment
41% of survey respondents incurred recruitment cost in
2015. The average cost per establishment per year is
computed based on:
(Total cost by establishments which paid for
recruitment in 2015 divided by total number of these
establishments / respondents)
c.
TOTAL NON-WAGE COST
B
Calculation for total non-wage cost B factored in both
the above cost components, although an employer may
or may not pay for severance for any or al