News about employees

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.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 1): Employees Provident Fund (EPF) CEO Tunku Alizakri Raja Muhammad Alias has been made a non-independent and non-executive director of Sime Darby Plantation Bhd, effective Jan 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has opened a new members-only branch in Petaling Jaya.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): The Ministry of Human Resources has told newspaper publisher Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd — which ceased operations on Oct 9 — and its interim liquidator UHY Advisory (KL) Sdn Bhd, to pay its employees their outstanding wages, as well as compensation for a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) that took place last year.