News about employees

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.

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).

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.

PETALING JAYA (May 1): As hotels continue to suffer from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, many are closing down while those which are pushing on are struggling to keep staff.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): With many businesses having grounded to a halt during the Movement Control Order period, Malaysian manufacturers are appealing to the government to double its wage subsidy scheme to RM12 billion from RM5.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The Malaysian Hotel Association (MAH) in response to the Prihatin Economic Stimulus Package announced today said the hotel industry “needs a little bit more help”, as it disclosed that as of now, 2,041 hotel employees in the country have already been laid off due to economic pressures and the extended movement control order (MCO) in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) declares 5.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 17): The  Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia (EPF) — which owns a 49% stake in PLUS Malaysia Bhd — supports the Government's decision not to sell the highway concessionaire, saying the move would facilitate the proposed lowering of toll rates on all of its highways by 18%.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): The Cabinet had at its meeting today decided that highway concessionaire PLUS Malaysia Bhd will not be sold and will remain under its current shareholders Khazanah Nasional Bhd and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), according to sources.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 14): Khazanah Nasional Bhd and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) have never put highway concessionaire PLUS Malaysia Bhd up for sale and should the government decide to let go of PLUS, the next step is to conduct a formal engagement with the current shareholders.