Hotel Royal Penang to cease operations soon
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 16): Hotel Royal Penang (pictured) will permanently cease operations “soon”, the New Straits Times (NST) reported yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 16): Hotel Royal Penang (pictured) will permanently cease operations “soon”, the New Straits Times (NST) reported yesterday.
PETALING JAYA (June 4): Media Prima Bhd is likely to conduct “its second retrenchment exercise which could affect some 300 staff members”, reported FMT yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR (May 21): Genting Malaysia Bhd is believed to have announced to its employees that the casino group needs to undertake an unprecedented sizable retrenchment exercise, according to sources.
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 (April 25): The period between March 15 to April 20 this year saw 7,159 employees retrenched, the first five weeks of the movement control order (MCO), according to statistics provided by the Labour Department.
KUALA LUMPUR (April 24): Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) secretary-general J Solomon has urged the government to ensure that “irresponsible” employers threatening mass retrenchments during the movement control order (MCO) are reined in, Malaysiakini reported today.
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 27): Malaysia's planned increase in minimum wages to RM1,200 in 57 bigger cities and towns beginning Jan 1, 2020 will confuse employers and employees as the demarcation of boundaries is unclear.
KUALA LUMPUR: While reports of lay-offs by various companies in the past year have caused some anxiety in the job market, economists say they are not yet of alarming proportions.
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 17): Malaysia's construction and property sector is likely to see retrenchments in the first half of this year, said recruitment agency Randstad.
PETALING JAYA (July 23): China Communications Construction (ECRL) Sdn Bhd (CCC-ECRL) has confirmed that it is rationalising its staff count following the suspension of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), without stating the number of employees cut.