My housemate is working for a company that seems to be going through bancruptcy of some sort and one of the horrible things that they're planning on doing is to downgrade (from CAT 2 TO CAT 3) the visas of the employees instead of firing them.
Details are kinda vague but the affected employees were told that they need to go back to their country (PH) for the CAT 3 VISA to be processed. Has anyone experienced this before? Do they really have to go back to their country or can they exit to other countries for a while (like Vietnam, Thailand or Indonesia)?
The employees visas were about to expire next month and they were told on such short notice. Unlike other companies in Malaysia, their VISAs were not processed 3 months prior and were not informed of any updates until they were surprised with this news now. Is this legal? Is there any agency or office here in Malaysia where the employees can file a complaint?
