KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 -- Amendments to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Act 1991 to make foreign worker contributions compulsory are expected to be tabled in Parliament before the current Dewan Rakyat sitting ends on Thursday.

EPF Chief Executive Officer Ahmad Zulkarnain Onn said contributions for foreign workers are currently voluntary, but to make them mandatory, an amendment needs to be made, local newspapers reported today.

"Based on the early estimates we are working on, there are roughly two to two and a half million foreign workers that will need to come under the EPF platform," he told reporters after the pension fund's 2024 Financial Performance Briefing yesterday.

"The good news is with the tools and technology that we have...