By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, Feb 28 — Selangor civil servants are allowed to go home 30 minutes earlier during Ramadan, under the state’s flexible working hours, said State Secretary Dato’ Ahmad Fadzli Tajuddin. Fadzli said their lunch break will be shortened by 30 minutes, in line with the...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — Since the announcement of the Public Service Remuneration System (SSPA) study, which considers shorter working hours for female civil servants, several women view it positively for advancing their position in the workforce.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 21 — The implementation of a pilot project to extend the operating hours of clinics near hospitals last year has been reviewed, and the request to continue the payment of the locum allowance is currently under consideration by the government.

GENEVA, Jan 7 — Reduced working hours and more flexible working time arrangements, such as those used during the Covid-19 crisis, can bring benefits for economies, businesses and workers, such as greater productivity and improved work-life balance, a new report released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Friday (January 6) found.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — Enforcement of amendments to the Employment Act 1955 to provide for shorter working hours has been postponed to January 1 next year from its earlier scheduled date of September 1, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — The temporary freeze on applications to hire foreign workers will be lifted starting this coming Friday, says Minister of Human Resources, Datuk Seri M.

MOSCOW, May 17 — A World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) study showed that long working hours were the cause of 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart disease in 2016, Sputnik reported.