Wage subsidy for bosses proposed
KUCHING: Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak and Sarawak Bank Employees’ Union (SBEU) have welcomed the state government’s Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance 5.0 (BKSS 5.0) package, but believe that more can be done. “We believe that more can be done to not only alleviate the suffering of the people but to stimulate the economy by […]
Wage subsidy benefits 313,000 employers, 2.5 mln workers
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 313,000 employers and 2.5 million workers have benefited from wage subsidy assistance worth RM7.4 billion under the Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package (PRIHATIN), the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said today. It also said 68,336 e-hailing drivers had received a RM500 cash allowance each, totalling RM34 million. It said this in […]
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 […]
Subsidies to help minimise retrenchments
KUCHING: The government’s wage subsidy programme and Employment Retention Programme (ERP) will help to minimise retrenchments, said Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak chairman Mohammad Ibrahim Hamid. “We should check whether affected companies have applied for the wage subsidies – that is, a subsidy of RM1,200 per employee for companies with less than 75 employees, […]
