EPF urged to invest abroad for higher returns
The Star
Monday April 17, 2006
PETALING JAYA: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) should venture into overseas
markets to get better investment returns.
Malaysia is one of Asia's biggest employers of foreign labour. But recently, cases of deaths, abuse and forced labour have come to light. What is going on? Who is protecting these migrant workers?
The Star
Monday April 17, 2006
PETALING JAYA: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) should venture into overseas
markets to get better investment returns.
The Star
BY FLORENCE A.SAMY
Tuesday April 11, 2006
PETALING JAYA: Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributors can now withdraw
their Account II savings yearly to reduce or settle their housing loans.
Bernama
April 11, 2006 15:55 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 (Bernama) — Although accidents at the workplace have
recorded a steady decline since the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act in 1984, they have to be reduced further to be on par with developed nations,
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Niosh) chairman Tan Sri
Lee Lam Thye said Tuesday.
Bernama
April 10, 2006 21:45 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, 10 April (Bernama) — A backbencher on Monday proposed that the
Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Social Security Organisation (Socso) be extended
to foreign workers in all sectors.
Bernama
April 07, 2006 13:42 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 (Bernama) — Only about 370,000 from more than half a
million companies registered in the country are contributing to the Social Security
Organisation (Socso), said Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman
Bakar Friday.
Bernama
April 06, 2006 16:38 PM
KOTA KINABALU, April 6 (Bernama) — A Sabah minister has called on employers
and employees to maintain a cordial relationship while tackling teething problems
arising from provisions in the amended Sabah Labour Ordinance that came into
effect on April 1.
The Star
By SAODAH ELIAS
Wednesday April 5, 2006
PETALING JAYA: Unions in Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) are concerned about
the failing industrial relations with the new management in these companies.
Malaysiakini.com
Pauline Puah
Apr 5, 06 11:15am
Malaysia Airlines employees are waiting for the outcome of negotiations with
the management before deciding whether or not to proceed with industrial action.
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