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Minimum wage: Compounds totalling RM35,700 issued to errant employers

KUALA LUMPUR: Compounds amounting to RM35,700 were issued to employers nationwide for failing to comply with the Minimum Wages Order 2022 enforced from May 1 until Dec 31 last year. Deputy Human Resources Minister Mustapha Sakmud said during the period, the Department of Labour in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak conducted checks on 28,722 premises, […]

Not suitable time to raise fines for errant employers

KUALA LUMPUR: The move to raise the fines for employers who fail to comply with Act 446 (Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990) is not suitable to be implemented at present, according to Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan. He said this based on the current state of the country’s economy […]

92 slapped with compounds

KUCHING: A total of 92 individuals including four business owners, were slapped with compounds for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) in a week-long operations. The compounds worth RM172,000, were issued under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease Act 1988 (Act 342). Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the SOPs monitoring operations from […]

Be fair to coffeeshop owners

SIBU: Be fair in issuing compounds to all coffeeshop operators if customers violated the standard operating procedures (SOPs), said Sibu Divisional Coffee Shop and Restaurant Owners Association Deputy General Affairs Officer Hii Hiong Siu. He requested for consideration from enforcement officers on the difficulties faced by coffee shop operators as some of them faced problems […]

25 slapped with compounds

KUCHING: Police issued 25 compounds to errant individuals statewide for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) on Friday. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said that to date, 10,679 compounds have been issued to SOP violators. It said that of the total, 17 were issued in Kuching; Sarikei (four); Bintulu (two); and Belaga (two). “The […]

Five issued compounds for flouting SOPs

MIRI: Enforcement personnel from Miri City Council (MCC) had issued five compound notices to offenders of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) imposed for Phase Three of Sarawak National Recovery Plan (NRP) during an operations carried out on Friday night around the City Centre against business for operating beyond the permitted hours. A total of 27 […]

504 compounds worth RM503,000 already paid

SIBU: A total of 585 compounds were issued to errant individuals for violating the standard operating procedures (SOP) from Jan to Aug 31 this year. Of the figure, 504 compounds with a value of RM503,000 had already been paid at the Sibu Divisional Health Office. District Crime Prevention and Community Safety Division chief, DSP Ariffin […]

454 slapped with compounds

KUCHING: A total of 454 errant individuals were compounded for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) from Aug 1 to 30 this year. Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said that the compounds valued at RM820,500, were issued under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342). Aside from that, three business […]

RM3.6 mln compounds issued to SOP violators

KUCHING: Compounds amounting to RM3.6 million were issued to errant individuals for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) from June 1 to Aug 27 this year. Kuching police chief, ACP Ahsmon Bajah revealed that a total of 1,382 compounds were issued during the movement control order (MCO) 3.0. Among the top 10 most common offences […]

Party-goers hit with compounds

BINTULU: Compounds were issued to 60 party-goers for violating Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) following a raid at an entertainment outlet in Park city Commerce Square Phase 5 at Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi early Sunday (Aug 15). According to Bintulu police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili, a team of police raided the premises at about 12.10am […]