Indonesia: Almost one mln people lose jobs in 2022
JAKARTA, Jan 6 — Almost 1 million people in Indonesia lost their jobs due to layoff in the first 11 months of 2022, the republic’s...
Number of unemployed in October lowest since start of Covid-19 pandemic
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 — Unemployment in the country has dropped to its lowest since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with only 602,000 individuals...
Unemployment in Selangor still under control — Exco
By Siti Rohaizah Zainal SHAH ALAM, Aug 1 — The state government remains committed to tackling unemployment through the implementation of several measures including organising...
Selangor Mega Job Fair begins this weekend
SHAH ALAM, June 6 — The state government will be organising the Selangor Mega Job Fair at the MBSA Convention Centre on June 11 and...
Jakim’s position, 1MDB debt among focus of Dewan Rakyat today
KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 — Issues related to the position of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim), as well as the total debt repayment...
Unemployment rate continues downward trend in September
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — The country’s unemployment rate continued its downward trend at 4.5 per cent in September 2021, registering 729,600 unemployed persons, said...
Labour market projected to strengthen further in fourth quarter — Report
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — The country’s labour market is projected to strengthen further in the fourth quarter of this year with the unemployment rate...
Employment up, unemployment down in August 2021
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 8 — The unemployment rate in Malaysia for August 2021 declined by 4.6 per cent to 748,800 persons versus 778,200 persons in July...
Wage subsidy programme saves 2.9 mln jobs — Saravanan
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — The implementation of the Wage Subsidy Programme with an allocation of RM18 billion through the Social Security Organisation (Socso) has...
Unemployment rate drops to 4.8 pct in second quarter of 2021 — Saravanan
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — The unemployment rate in Malaysia dropped 0.3 per cent to 4.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2021 compared...
Number of unemployed up slightly in July 2021 — DOSM
PUTRAJAYA, Sept 9 — The number of unemployed persons in Malaysia increased slightly by 1.2 per cent in July this year to post a total...
Malaysia’s labour market better in second quarter 2021 but yet to return to pre-pandemic level
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 19 — Malaysia’s labour market showed improvement in the second quarter of 2021 compared to a year ago but has yet to return...