243 complaints received against bosses

KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resources Ministry has received a total of 243 complaints regarding employers who violated the terms and conditions stipulated under the Employees Retention Programme (ERP) and the Wage Subsidy Programme (PSU). Its Deputy Minister Awang Hashim said of the total number of complaints received, 215 were on PSU, while the remaining involved […]

Attend to all complaints: Minister

KUCHING: All complaints from the ground forwarded to the Ministry of Utilities must be attended to, said its minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom. Stressing on the importance of responding to complaints, Dr Rundi advised the agencies and related personnel under the ministry to professionally process and administer the complaints received from the public […]

Teachers seek legal redress over termination

KUCHING: Eight teachers are seeking legal advice and assistance from the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau (PCB) after their services were terminated on short notice during the Covid-19 movement control order (MCO). SUPP PCB chief Wilfred Yap said the individuals were previously employed as teachers in a tuition school before their dismissal. […]

New application for devt of Dalat discussed

KUCHING: Two dialogue sessions have been held with residents of Kampung Baru Cina and Kampung Medong Hilir in Dalat by Dalat assemblywomen, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah yesterday. The sessions were held to discuss the new application for development for Dalat constituency as well as listen to problems and complaints from the grassroots. Various aids from […]

Consumers lodge 40 complaints in Mukah

MUKAH: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Mukah Branch received 40 complaints from consumers during the movement control order (MCO) until the conditional movement control order (CMCO) from March 18 to June 4. Mukah branch head Salihin Den said all the complaints had been investigated and found that there were 18 cases, of […]

Postal service needs improving

KUCHING: The federal government should improve the postal service following a spike in dependency to the service since the imposition of the nationwide movement restrictions. Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii said there have been numerous complaints by the public on the postal service such as long queues to collect parcels and the lengthy time […]

Mukah consumers lodged 40 complaints during MCO, CMCO

MUKAH: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, Mukah Branch received 40 complaints from consumers during the movement control order (MCO) and the conditional MCO. Branch head Salihin Den said all the complaints had been investigated and found that there were 18 cases, of which nine cases were baseless, two were forwarded to other […]

Pay frontliners’ special allowance together with monthly salaries

KUALA LUMPUR: The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) has suggested that the special allowance for Covid-19 frontliners be paid together with their monthly salaries. Its president Adnan Mat said it was aimed to simplify the payment method without having them to fill out the same form each month, in the process reducing bureaucracy.  “Cuepacs […]

MACC receives complaints on former minister

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has received complaints on the possession of a large sum of cash money believed to belong to a former minister as reported by the media yesterday. MACC in a statement today said based on the complaint, MACC has opened an investigation paper to probe the complaints under MACC Act 2009. Meanwhile, in […]