Mental health issues growing more serious
By Sakini Mohd Said RECENTLY on her Facebook, a journalist, Zulaikha Rahim, sadly wrote, “Will go through retrenchment, again … Be strong.” Her message was short and terse but it spoke volumes of the feeling of gloom that enveloped her. Up to June 2 this year, she considered herself as a member of the M40 […]
State’s data compiling underway for daily paid workers
KUCHING: The state government is in the process of compiling data of daily paid workers and those who have been laid off due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Deputy State Secretary Datuk Ik Pahon Joyik said that the purpose of compiling such data was to see in what ways help can be given to them to […]
Retrenched workers must be informed and compensated
KUCHING: Employers that have been hit extremely hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and forced to resort to retrenchment have been reminded that they must give notices first and pay the affected employees all forms of compensation or termination benefits. Sarawak Labour Department director Awang Raduan Awang Omar stressed that such compensation or termination benefits are […]
Ill-treated workers can complain to Labour Department
KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau (PCB) urges workers in the state facing unreasonable dismissal or retrenchment to lodge their complaints with the Sarawak Labour Department. Its chief Wilfred Yap said the Labour Department can assist employees in labour complaints, workmen’s compensation and labour claims. “All employees who are unaware of their […]
Retrenched Malindo staff to receive SIP benefits
KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resource Ministry gave its assurance that all employees of the Malindo Airways Sdn Bhd (Malindo Airways) who have been laid off will receive their unemployment benefits through the Employment Insurance System (SIP). Its minister, Datuk Seri M Saravanan advised the affected employees to submit the application for SIP benefits online at […]
AirAsia confirms laying off 10 pct of staff
KUALA LUMPUR: Low-cost airline companies, AirAsia Bhd dan AirAsia X Bhd, have confirmed the retrenchment of 10 per cent of their 24,000 employees last week. This confirmed a Bernama report on Sept 28 that AirAsia might be planning a new round of layoffs involving hundreds of its personnel for the continued survival in an industry […]
RM5.2b distributed under wage subsidy scheme
KUALA LUMPUR: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has distributed RM5.2 billion under the Prihatin Wage Subsidy Programme as of June 30, 2020, said Human Resources Minister Datuk M Saravanan. He said the services sector recorded the highest number of applications for the programme at 92,000, adding that as of June 30, 319,000 eligible employers had […]
State ministry may absorb some workers
Move to help absorb retrenched LBU workers underway LBU RETRENCHMENT KUCHING: The Ministry of Infrastructure and Ports Development plans to absorb some of the workers who were retrenched by Lebuhraya Borneo Utara (LBU). Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing said that his ministry was preparing a cabinet paper on the proposal. LBU reportedly retrenched some […]
