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Introduce a skills-based foreign worker policy

Federal budget and labour documents discuss foreign-worker recruitment, levies and wage rules. The sources checked do not establish a single new policy combining skills-based selection, matching pay and worker protection.

Reviewed 13 Nov 2026

What the manifesto says
Offer 60 calls for a new foreign-worker policy covering skills, appropriate pay and human security. Policy adoption is identifiable, while adequacy of pay and protection is undefined.

Promise 60

Original campaign source

Evidence sources

• Prime Minister’s Office · Budget 2027 labour measures
• Dewan Negara · Foreign worker recruitment and quota rules, 4 March 2026 · 4 Mar 2026

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