PUTRAJAYA, Nov 17 — Permit renewal cost for Indonesian domestic workers (PDA) has been set at RM610 and must be paid for by the employers, said Human Resources Minister V.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — Organisations have been urged to work together in promoting the initiatives to empower elements of occupational safety and health (OSH) undertaken by the Social Security Organisation (Socso).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — The government is looking at improving the Self-Employment Social Security Scheme Act 2017, especially to widen its coverage in unforeseen circumstances for self-employed individuals to provide more comprehensive protection.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — Paying wages in cash is prohibited unless approved by the employee and the Department of Labour Peninsular Malaysia (JTKSM) director-general to avoid manipulation.

KOTA BHARU, Nov 8 — Employers have been asked to show more concern for workers if they face flood disasters during the northeast monsoon (MTL) season, which begins this month.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — A labour market intervention step should be implemented by focusing on middle-income workers, who are being squeezed, as reported by the Ministry of Finance in the Economic Outlook 2024, said Human Resources Minister V.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 — Human Resources Minister V.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — The Human Resources Ministry, via the Peninsular Malaysia Labour Department, is reviewing the Special Estate Workers Home Financing Scheme's (SKRE) conditions for more estate workers to qualify for the facility.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — The increase in insured monthly salary ceiling from RM5,000 to RM6,000 will come into effect after the amendments to the Employees Social Security Act 1969 (Act 4) and the Employment Insurance System (EIS) Act 2017 (Act 800).

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 14 — The skills improvement and re-skilling initiatives tabled under Budget 2024 will be implemented through the RM1.6 billion allocation for 1.7 million training placements, said the Ministry of Human Resources (KSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — The Ministry of Human Resources is looking to improve the implementation method or mechanism of the Kerjaya Madani Incentive so more gig sector workers can participate in the training provided.

ALOR GAJAH, Oct 7 — The country's unemployment rate continues to show a falling trend, with 3.5 per cent recorded in the first quarter of 2023 compared to 3.6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2022, said Human Resources Minister V.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 2 — Applications for the recruitment of foreign workers for barbershops as well as for the textile and goldsmith sub-sectors will open on October 10, said Human Resource Minister V.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 21 — The government does not interfere in the foreign worker employment process especially in the selection of workers and their country of origin by employers, said Human Resources Minister V.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — The Ministry of Investment, Trade, and Industry (Miti) is collaborating with various strategic ministries to increase the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students, to ensure the New Industrial Master Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030) is a success.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 — The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has introduced the Malaysian Standard 2756 - Good Practices for Platform Providers in Implementing Work-Related Road Traffic Safety Management (MS 2756:2023), as a tool to achieve the government's target to improve road safety in line with the development of the digital economy and gig workers.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — Employers are urged to comply with the Employment Act 1955 (Act 265) following complaints by some workers that they have not received wages or have had wages withheld from them.

SHAH ALAM, Aug 17 — A total of 5,101 cases of hearing problems due to occupational noise were recorded by the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Dosh) from January to June this year.

ALOR SETAR, July 30 — Employers and industry players have been urged to send more local and foreign workers to obtain safety passports, in an effort to reduce the rate of workplace accidents.

MELAKA, July 20 — The shift of some 300,000 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) graduates in not pursuing higher education is expected to have a detrimental impact on the country’s human resources, particularly in the effort to achieve a 35 per cent new highly skilled workforce in the economic sector by 2030.