News
24 April 2014
Haikal Jalil newsdesk@thesundaily.com PETALING JAYA: Some two million workers in Malaysia are still not being paid the minimum wage since the Minimum Wage Act came into force in January last year. Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) deputy president Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid said the figure involves a workforce in some 60 to 100 companies in […]
BY BOO SU-LYN SUBANG JAYA, April 24 — The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) announced today a May Day rally to protest against Putrajaya’s newly-approved consumption tax system and a US-led free trade agreement, among other workers’ rights issues. MTUC deputy president Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid said that both the Goods and Services Tax (GST) […]
by Winnie Kasmir SANDAKAN: The Human Resource Ministry will be reviewing the minimum wages policy that was fully implemented early this year. Its deputy minister, Datuk Haji Ismail bin Haji Abd Muttalib, said the review would transform Malaysia from a middle-income to a high-income nation by the year 2020. However, he stressed that the review […]
23 April 2014
by Cindy Lai, reporters@theborneopost.com MIRI: Sarawak needs more skilled workforce to power the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE), says Minister of Human Resource Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem. “SCORE, a new development corridor in the state is targeting to accelerate the state’s economic growth which could result in a positive improvement on the quality […]
22 April 2014
KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 (Bernama) — Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) president Azih Muda today proposed for the government quarters to be renamed government rental house so that civil servants on Grade 44 and below can enjoy the full rate of housing allowance. He said if the status […]
10 April 2014
GEORGE TOWN, April 10 (Bernama) — A worker died and two others were badly injured after they fell several floors at a 32-storey condominium building under construction here today. Penang Fire and Rescue Department senior superintendent A. Ravi said the two Indonesians and a Myanmar, who had yet to be identified, fell after a wooden […]
9 April 2014
KUANTAN, April 9 (Bernama) — A construction worker was crushed to death by a concrete archway which was accidentally knocked down by a lorry at Lorong Sentosa Kanan 2, near Muadzam Shah, Rompin Tuesday. State Public Order and Traffic chief Supt Mohamed Fauzi Abdul Rahim said during the 9.50am incident, Juhari Muhammad, 51, was directing […]
8 April 2014
ABOUT 80 union members of a factory producing rubber bands staged a peaceful demonstration outside their work place at Solok Perusahaan 1, in Prai, Penang. National Union of Employees senior industrial relation officer K. Veeriah said the picket was held from 3pm to 5.30pm on Friday following a deadlock in their 13th collective agreement (CA) […]