BNM knows better, SOPPOA tells Kula
KUCHING: Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (SOPPOA) has taken exception to Ipoh Barat MP Kulasegaran Murugeson saying Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Tan Sri Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus’s input on the revised minimum wage policy is shallow and regressive. SOPPOA chief executive officer Dr Felix Moh Mee Ho said on the contrary it was […]
Aeon Malaysia implements minimum wage hike for employees
KUCHING: Aeon Co (M) Bhd and Aeon Big (M) Sdn Bhd (Aeon Malaysia) have announced the implementation of a minimum wage for Grade G employees from RM1,200 to RM1,500 per month effective Jan 1. The amount is the basic salary, which does not include allowances or other incentives. Dr Kasuma Satria Mat Jadi, chief human […]
To increase or not?
Anyone who’s tried to pay a heating bill, fill a prescription, or simply buy groceries knows all too well that the current minimum wage does not cut the mustard. — Sherrod Brown, US senator THE issue of minimum wage is once again grabbing the headlines. On the one hand, employers and employers’ associations urge the […]
Piecemeal wage hikes will have adverse effect, warn planters
KUCHING: Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (SOPPOA) has joined the growing chorus of opposition to the federal government’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to RM1,500 a month. In making its stance known, it felt the federal Human Resource Ministry should have a more holistic strategy in tackling the wage issue instead of resorting […]
People will bear brunt of rising cost, warns STA
KUCHING: A minimum wage hike will cause a domino effect on the cost of doing business which will in turn be passed on to the people, said Sarawak Timber Association (STA) in a statement on Wednesday (Feb 9). “While they may actually be receiving more ringgit in their pockets with the increased minimum wage their […]
Stop wasting time and increase minimum wage
KUCHING: A coalition of 58 Malaysian trade unions and worker organisations has urged the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) to stop weaponising Covid-19 to suppress minimum wage increase. Labour Law Reform Coalition (LLRC) ticked off MEF for arguing that wage hikes would result in an increase in the cost of small and medium businesses during the […]
MTUC lashes out at myopic employers
KUCHING: The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak expressed its “sadness” that business leaders in the country continue to cling on to antiquated policies and myopic views in opposing minimum wage increase. “The Malaysian Employers Association (MEF) claims that minimum wage will derail economic recovery. “We just want to point out that MEF’s persistent fear […]
Put off minimum wage hike for two years
KUCHING: The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sarawak (ACCCIS) has appealed to the government to postpone any adjustment to the minimum wage system for at least two years. This is to allow domestic businesses to have sufficient time to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic,” it said in a statement on Monday (Feb […]
Minimum wage hike? Hold on, says business sector
KUCHING: Any increase in the minimum wage to the proposed RM1,500 will have a negative effect on business, work opportunity and may even derail economic recovery in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sarawak Business Federation secretary-general and Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sarawak (ACCCIS) secretary-general, Datuk Jonathan Chai highlighted these points […]
SHEDA warns of flip side of minimum wage hikes
KUCHING: Increasing the minimum wage without examining the underlining problems and cause of low minimum income will not be a sustainable and viable solution to bring the prices of goods down. Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (SHEDA) president Augustine Wong said in a press statement here on Sunday (Feb 6) that this was […]
