Ministry of Human Resources (MOHR) mission:

• To develop a workforce that is productive, informative, discipline, caring and responsive to the changing labor environment towards increasing the economic growth and hence create more job opportunities.

• To encourage and maintain conducive and harmonized industrial relation between employers, employees and trade unions for the nation’s economic development and wellness of people.

• To uphold social justice and ensure harmonious industrial relations through solving industrial dispute between employer and employee and awarding collective agreement.

• To ensure trade unions practice democracy, orderly and is responsible to assist achieving the objective of industrial harmony.

• To be the leader in development of nation’s human resources.

• To ensure safety and health of workforce is assured.

• To develop skilled, knowledgeable and competitive workforce in a harmonious industrial relations with social justice.

Ministry of Human Resources (MOHR) Roles and Responsibilities

• To update and implement labor policies and laws to create efficient, productive and discipline workforce with positive values and good work ethics.

• To update and implement occupational safety and health policies and laws to ensure a healthy and safe work environment.

• To efficiently manage and independently resolve industrial dispute between employer and employee in order to create a conducive work environment.

• To monitor and facilitate development and movement of trade unions to be orderly for the benefit of the nation.

• To manage international relations in Labor Management field, technical co-operation in labor related matters and human resources development.

• To encourage and coordinate tripartisme among employees, employers and Government and to create harmonized relation toward Vision 2020.

• To plan and develop human resource through control and labor market analysis to formulate policies relating to employment, development of skilled workforce and productivity linked wage system.

• To create job opportunities and job placement.

• To update and implement National Vocational Training Policy and strategies that will fulfil the training needs in the private sector.

• To revise, update and develop the syllabus of skills training (NOSS), Skills Certification System (MOSQ) and skills standard for implementation.

• To update and effective implementation of social safety facility to ensure sufficient safety net for workers.