KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — A total of 221 employers closed down their business despite having received Wage Subsidy Programme (WSP) assistance, according to the records of the Social Security Organisation (Socso).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — The Social Security Organisation (Socso) is committed and ready to assist the staff of local airlines who have been laid off via the benefits of the existing Employment Insurance System (EIS) and the National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has received complaints on scammers impersonating as its Employment Services Officers targeting unsuspecting victims.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has introduced a Digital Skills Training Directory during its recent #MyDigitalWorkforce Week, an initiative to assist youth job-seekers and the unemployed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has so far identified 30 false claim cases related to misuse of the wage subsidy scheme (PSU) funds since it was introduced last March.

ALOR SETAR, Oct 7 —  The managing director of a company in Selangor has been remanded for four days for allegedly making false claims under the Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme.

JOHOR BAHRU, Sept 25 — Stern action, including blacklisting, will be taken against companies and employers who abuse the Wage Subsidy Programme (PSU).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — The Human Resources Ministry has received a total of 243 complaints regarding employers who violated the terms and conditions stipulated under the Employees Retention Programme (ERP) and the Wage Subsidy Programme (PSU).

PUTRAJAYA, June 26 — Some 4,609 jobs in various fields will be offered at Virtual Mini Job Hunt for PTPTN Borrowers from June 30 to July 3, said National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) chief executive Ahmad Dasuki Abdul Majid.

SHAH ALAM, June 17 — A total of 52 employers have registered under the Employment Recruitment Incentives Programme (PenjanaKerjaya) under the National Economy Recovery Plan (Penjana), operated by Social Security Organisation (Socso) since its inception yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — The Social Security Organisation (Socso) hopes that more gig employees will benefit from social safety protection, through the matching grant for gig economy platforms under the Penjana Economic Recovery Plan (PenjanaGig), opened for registration from yesterday until December 31, 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has disbursed a total of RM130 million in financial aid under the Employment Retention Programme (ERP) to about 30,000 workers who lost their jobs up to the end of May.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has urged contractors in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Selangor to send their foreign workers for Covid-19 tests offered by the Social Security Organisation (Socso).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, job losses in the country has increased by 42 per cent year-on-year for this first quarter (Q1 2020), according to the Social Security Organisation’s (Socso) Employment Insurance System (EIS).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — The Ministry of Human Resources through the Social Security Organisation (Socso) has agreed to provide subsidy to employers who conduct Covid-19 tests for their workers under the Prihatin Screening Programme (PSP Perkeso) effective tomorrow (June 1).

KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 — The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has received 302,997 applications from employers involving 1.98 million workers for the Wage Subsidy Programme (PSU) from April 1 until May 27.

PUTRAJAYA, May 14 — Effective today, the Covid-19 screening under the Social Security Organisation (Socso) Prihatin Screening Programme (PSP) programme will give priority to foreign workers in the construction and security guard service industries operating in Selangor and the Federal Territory.

PUTRAJAYA, April 16 — The International Trade and Industry Ministry (MITI) has revoked the approvals given to four companies to operate during the movement control order (MCO) period after they were found to have violated the prescribed conditions.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) has called on the government to allow the private sector to stop mandatory contributions to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF) and other levies such as the Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) and Employment Insurance System (EIS).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — The Ministry of Human Resources, through its agency, Social Security Organisation (Socso) is reviewing the records of all Covid-19 victims to check their eligibility for Socso benefits.