By Siti Rohaizah Zainal SHAH ALAM, Aug 1 — The state government remains committed to tackling unemployment through the implementation of several measures including organising the Selangor Job Fair. State executive councillor for youth development Mohd Khairuddin Othman said although...

SHAH ALAM, June 6 — The state government will be organising the Selangor Mega Job Fair at the MBSA Convention Centre on June 11 and 12.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 — Issues related to the position of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim), as well as the total debt repayment of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and SRC International Sdn Bhd (SRC International) by the government, are among the issues expected to be raised in today’s Dewan Rakyat sitting.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 — The country’s unemployment rate continued its downward trend at 4.5 per cent in September 2021, registering 729,600 unemployed persons, said Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 --  The country's labour market is projected to strengthen further in the fourth quarter of this year with the unemployment rate expected to decline further from an average of 4.67 per cent in the third quarter to 4.31 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2021.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 8 — The unemployment rate in Malaysia for August 2021 declined by 4.6 per cent to 748,800 persons versus 778,200 persons in July 2021 amid more economic activities permitted to resume, the Statistics of Labour Force, Malaysia, August 2021 disclosed today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — The implementation of the Wage Subsidy Programme with an allocation of RM18 billion through the Social Security Organisation (Socso) has successfully saved 2.9 million employees from losing their jobs and assisted over 300,000 employers to date.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — The unemployment rate in Malaysia dropped 0.3 per cent to 4.8 per cent in the second quarter of 2021 compared to 5.1 per cent recorded in the corresponding period last year, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 9 — The number of unemployed persons in Malaysia increased slightly by 1.2 per cent in July this year to post a total of 778,200 persons compared to 768,700 persons in the previous month.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 19 — Malaysia's labour market showed improvement in the second quarter of 2021 compared to a year ago but has yet to return to pre-pandemic level, said chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, Feb 15 — The Selangor government has urged Putrajaya to be prudent in its efforts of expanding the country’s economic prospects to keep the unemployment rate low. State executive councillor of entrepreneur development Rodziah Ismail said the approach is needed...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Unemployment among heads of low-income urban families in Kuala Lumpur low-cost flat has doubled during the last year's conditional movement control order (CMCO), said United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Malaysia’s unemployment rate increased to 4.5 per cent in 2020, the highest rate since 1993 when the unemployment rate was recorded at 4.1 per cent, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — The termination of the Wage Subsidy Programme (PSU) will not contribute to increase in layoffs or unemployment rate, said Social Security Organisation (Socso) chief executive Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Malaysia’s economy has the capacity to create about 70,000 jobs for every one per cent increase in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — The government appreciated the initiative taken by Top Glove Corporation Bhd in offering over  9,000 job opportunities for the locals in the country, but it also reminded the company to also emphasise on the safety and wellbeing of the workers, Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — Malaysia’s unemployment rate rose by a marginal 0.1 percentage point month-on-month to 4.8 per cent in November 2020 with 764,400 unemployed persons, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Malaysia’s economy is expected to continue its journey towards recovery in the early months of 2021, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

BANGKOK, Dec 15 — Some 81 million jobs are lost from the Asia-Pacific labour markets as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic while women and young people are disproportionately hit, according to a report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9 — The country's unemployment rate continues to record a downward trend from 5.3 per cent or 826,100 people last May to 4.6 per cent or 737,500 in September, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.