Govt should woo investors, prevent rising unemployment
By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, Feb 15 — The Selangor government has urged Putrajaya to be prudent in its efforts of expanding the country’s economic...
Unemployment among KL urban poor doubles since Sept — Unicef
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Unemployment among heads of low-income urban families in Kuala Lumpur low-cost flat has doubled during the last year’s conditional movement...
Malaysia’s unemployment rate at 4.5 pct in 2020, highest since 1993: DOSM
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Malaysia’s unemployment rate increased to 4.5 per cent in 2020, the highest rate since 1993 when the unemployment rate was...
Wage subsidy programme termination will not increase unemployment rate — Socso
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — The termination of the Wage Subsidy Programme (PSU) will not contribute to increase in layoffs or unemployment rate, said Social...
70,000 jobs created for every 1 pct GDP growth — MIER
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Malaysia’s economy has the capacity to create about 70,000 jobs for every one per cent increase in its Gross Domestic...
Govt appreciates Top Glove’s job offers, reminds to emphasise on workers’ safety, wellbeing
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — The government appreciated the initiative taken by Top Glove Corporation Bhd in offering over 9,000 job opportunities for the locals...
Unemployment rate up slightly to 4.8 pct in Nov 2020
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — Malaysia’s unemployment rate rose by a marginal 0.1 percentage point month-on-month to 4.8 per cent in November 2020 with 764,400...
Economic recovery likely in early months of 2021 — DOSM
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Malaysia’s economy is expected to continue its journey towards recovery in the early months of 2021, according to the Department...
ILO report: 81 million job losses in Asia-Pacific labour markets
BANGKOK, Dec 15 — Some 81 million jobs are lost from the Asia-Pacific labour markets as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic while women and...
Unemployment rate continues downward trend
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 — The country’s unemployment rate continues to record a downward trend from 5.3 per cent or 826,100 people last May to...
Socso: Over 27,000 job cuts in Selangor from Jan-Oct
By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, Nov 20 — A total of 27,234 individuals in Selangor have lost their jobs from January to October this year,...
Unemployment rate declined slightly in Sept 2020
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 9 — The unemployment rate dropped slightly in September 2020 as the number of unemployed fell by 0.6 per cent month-on-month to record...