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3 June 2014
PETALING JAYA: A company was fined by the Petaling Jaya Magistrate Court on Monday for violating minimum wage regulations which require full-time employees to be paid a minimum of RM900 a month. The Petaling Jaya-based company, which manufactures health products, was held to have acted in contravention of the Minimum Wage Order 2012 under the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA) has submitted 10 proposals to the National Wage Consultative Council (NWCC) regarding the impending review of the Minimum Wage Order. MPMA President Lim Kok Boon said the implementation of the minimum wage policy had adversely affected the manufacturers in the plastics industry, particularly the small and medium […]
28 May 2014
BY M. SHANMUGAM AND YVONNE TAN PETALING JAYA: The controversy surrounding the process of awarding a gas-fired power plant, supposedly to be located in Johor, on a direct negotiated basis has picked up in pace with unions of Tenaga Nasional Bhd joining in the fray to register their concerns on the matter. Union officials had […]
23 May 2014
Malaysia joins the list of countries deemed the worst places in the world to work in as it does not guarantee workers’ rights, according to a survey by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). In its first-ever Global Rights Index report, compiled from 97 indicators, Malaysia scored 5, joining Cambodia, Bangladesh, China and Nigeria and […]
22 May 2014
PETALING JAYA: According to an international trade union coalition, Malaysia does not guarantee workers’ rights. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has ranked Malaysia as among the worst places in the world to work in its debut report, Global Rights Index which was made public on Monday. ITUC is an international confederation of national trade […]
18 May 2014
KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) wants the government to scrap the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) planned for implementation starting April next year. MTUC Exco and Council Member, Sivanathan Arumugam, said the organization opposed the introduction of GST as it fears the new tax system would burden the people especially the […]
16 May 2014
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines System Employees Union has called on the Prime Minister to carry out a restructuring of the airline’s top management. Executive secretary Mohd Jabbarullah Abd Kadir said the existing top management “did not have proper experience in the aviation industry, hence failed to play their roles to bring profit for the company.” […]
14 May 2014
KUALA TERENGGANU, May 14 (Bernama) — The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) welcomed various efforts by the government to boost the country’s performance by 2020. Its president, Azih Muda, said programmes like the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the Economic Transformation programme (ETP) could propel Malaysia into becoming […]