Employers cannot penalise employees for being absent from work to vote — Minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — Private employers are not allowed to impose any penalty or make any deduction from employees’ salary for being absent from...
Employers must give workers time off or leave to vote — Minister
TAPAH, Oct 16 — Employers must give employees time off or leave if the election day falls on a working day, said Human Resources Minister...
Higher payments for recipients of Socso benefits from Jan 1 next year
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 6 — The Social Security Organisation (Socso) will implement adjustments in cost of living for existing recipients of scheduled benefits and an increase...
Amendments to Trade Unions Act to create mature, progressive trade unions
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — The Trade Unions (Amendment) Bill 2022, among other things, aims to create a legal framework to support the establishment and...
Govt agrees to recruitment of 10,000 workers from Sri Lanka
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — The Cabinet has agreed to the recruitment of 10,000 workers from Sri Lanka after taking into account the state of...
Implementation of amended Employment Act deferred to give time for employers to resolve shortage of workers
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — The deferment of the Implementation of the amended Employment Act 1955 from September 1, 2022, to January 1, 2023, is...
Govt will study extending SKSSR to househusbands
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — The government will undertake a study on extending the protection aspect in the implementation of the Housewife Social Security Scheme...
First batch of Bangladeshi workers arrives in Malaysia
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 9 — Malaysia has received the first batch of Bangladeshi workers today, said Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan. The arrival of...
Parliament passes Employees’ Social Security (Amendment) Bill
KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — The Dewan Rakyat today passed the Employees’ Social Security (Amendment) Bill 2022 which aims to improve social security coverage by...
Participation of housewives in SKSSR is voluntary — Socso
KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — The participation of housewives in the proposed Housewife Social Security Scheme (SKSSR) is on a voluntary basis and husbands are...
Housewives’ Social Security Act tabled in Parliament today
KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — The proposed Housewives’ Social Security Act, which seeks to provide social security for insured housewives in the form of certain...
Application for foreign workers not based on citizenship — Minister
KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — Applications from employers for foreign workers are not based on the workers’ country of origin but they are centred on...