Council to act as mediator for traders and workers
KUALA LUMPUR: The Economic Action Council (EAC) Secretariat will act as a mediator for traders and workers in resolving any issues that arise with the relevant parties, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said. He said social protection is one of the areas given priority by the EAC. “The government […]
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 […]
Five workers ordered to stay home
KUCHING ENGINEERING COMPANY CLUSTER KUCHING: Arkitek KDI SB said five of its employees, who had contact with a positive Covid-19 case (case 579), went for Covid-19 tests and that their results came back negative. The architect firm, in a statement on Monday, said that on July 7, the employees had contact with a KTA engineer […]
Test all workers if there are enough supplies
KUCHING: The state government could get all workers including foreign ones to be tested for Covid-19 if there are enough test supplies. Currently, there are 138,183 foreign workers in the Sarawak. Last Tuesday, the Manpower Department and the Occupational Safety and Health Department monitored the welfare and health of these workers to find out whether […]
Sec-gens, employers must issue travel permits for workers
PUTRAJAYA: All secretaries-general of ministries providing essential services must issue travel authorisation letters to staff working during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period. Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said, at a special ministerial meeting on the MCO held this morning, it was decided that the directive also applied to employers of private businesses which have […]
‘Don’t take advantage of workers’
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) yesterday urged employers not to take advantage of their workers who have lost their overtime income and commissions due to Covid-19. Its secretary-general J Solomon said that although non-essential business premises were not allowed to operate during the 14-day movement control order until March 31, employers still […]
