Sime Darby Property’s foreign shareholding rises for second consecutive month
KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): Sime Darby Property Bhd’s foreign shareholding rose for the second consecutive month to 9.
NUBE calls out HSBC Malaysia for announcing layoff exercise during lockdown
KUALA LUMPUR (Jun 6): The National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) is protesting against the voluntary separation scheme (VSS) and mutual separation scheme (MSS) announced by HSBC Bank Malaysia on June 3, 2021.
EPF subsidiary Kwasa Land appoints Adenan Md Yusof as MD
KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): The Employees Provident Fund's (EPF) wholly-owned subsidiary Kwasa Land Sdn Bhd has appointed Adenan Md Yusof as managing director (MD) effective Monday (May 3, 2021) to contribute towards the development of the EPF's estimated 920ha (about 2,300 acres) Kwasa Damansara township in Selangor.
EPF clarifies members will continue to earn dividends up to age 100, dismisses viral message
KUALA LUMPUR (April 20): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has clarified that members will continue to earn dividends for the remaining portion of their EPF savings up to age 100.
CEO: EPF members should have a say on dividend — tiered or single
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 27): Members saving their retirement fund with the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) should have a say if there is a change in the existing way dividends are being paid annually to a tiered structure, its outgoing CEO Tunku Alizakri Alias (pictured) said.
EPF plans to sell assets
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 6): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) “has identified at least seven assets” with a total estimated value of RM350 million to RM450 million to be put up for sale, sources told the Edge Malaysia.
I-Stone says 11 employees tested positive for Covid-19
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 13): I-Stone Group Bhd has temporarily halted production activities at two of its subsidiaries in Johor Bahru after 11 employees tested positive for Covid-19.
Top Glove: Seventeen staff tested positive for Covid-19 since January
SHAH ALAM (Nov 5): Top Glove Corp Bhd confirmed that 17 of its employees have tested positive for the Covid-19 since January this year.
Warning of 'poverty clusters', NUBE calls for govt, banks to extend blanket loan moratorium
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): The National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) is demanding urgent reinstatement of the blanket loan moratorium by a further two to three months across the country at least for the bottom 40% (B40) and middle 40% (M40) income groups as well as small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Screen new employees for Covid-19, says Health DG
PUTRAJAYA (June 9): The Ministry of Health has called on companies and employers to screen all new employees for Covid-19 in order to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
