By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, Nov 20 — A total of 27,234 individuals in Selangor have lost their jobs from January to October this year, says the Selangor Social Security Organisation (Socso). Its director Mustafa Draman said the figure was based on the number of applicants for the...

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 9 — The unemployment rate dropped slightly in September 2020 as the number of unemployed fell by 0.6 per cent month-on-month to record 737,500 persons from 741,600 persons in August, according to Statistics of Labour Force, Malaysia, September 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — The government will implement an Employment Generation Guarantee Scheme (JanaKerja) involving the provision of 500,000 new jobs beginning next year.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — The government needs to focus on increasing employment opportunities, especially for graduates and youths facing unemployment due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, under the Budget 2021 which will be tabled this Friday (November 6).

SHAH ALAM, Oct 30 — A total of RM76 million is allocated in the 2021 Selangor Budget to create 15,000 jobs to reduce the rising numbers of unemployment.

BUKIT MERTAJAM, Oct 16 — The government is expecting the unemployment rate to drop to 4.5 per cent by December following the implementation of Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) under the National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — The issue on unemployment is among topics to be discussed in the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — The number of labour force in April 2020 recorded a marginal growth of 0.6 per cent or 99,100 persons to 15.71 million persons, the lowest growth since September 2014, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — The Covid-19 pandemic has not only changed consumers' shopping behaviours but also transformed the job market today.

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).

PUTRAJAYA, June 4 — There is still an insufficient number of psychologists to provide counselling in the country, as the counsellor-to-individual ratio is 1: 52,000 when the normal ratio is 1: 500.

TOKYO, June 3 — Over 16,700 people, working primarily in the hospitality industry, were laid off in Japan due to the coronavirus pandemic, reported Sputnik news agency, citing the country's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — Jobstreet has found that several industries, including information technology, manufacturing, banking, retail and healthcare continue to show growth and are still hiring during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to its country manager Gan Bock Herm.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — The number of foreign workers in this country needs to be reduced between 30 to 40 per cent in a bid to lower the unemployment rate which is expected to jump 4.0 per cent this year due to Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) today urged employers not to lay off their workers arbitrarily in facing the economic fallout due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — Providing jobs for more than half a million unemployed Malaysians should be made a priority in the government’s economic recovery plan which intends to roll out soon.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — The country is projected to record an unemployment rate of between 3.5 per cent and 5.5 per cent this year due to the impact from Covid-19, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) recorded 166,000 job vacancies in the private sector in the first quarter (Q1) 2020, a decrease of 35,000 compared to a year ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — While unemployment hit an almost 10-year high of 3.9 per cent in March, MIDF Research foresees the country will maintain the state of full employment this year but with an upward tick to 3.8 per cent.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — The unemployment rate in Malaysia rose to 3.5 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of this year from 3.2 per cent in Q4 2019 -- the highest since Q2 2017, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).