Its secretary-general J Solomon says Malaysians will be willing to take on any job once all jobs pay decent wages.
MTUC says 3D workers make significant contributions to the country’s development.
He welcomed the government’s pledge to improve labour laws and workforce processes to resolve issues between bosses and workers, but said the prime minister should clarify his comment. He also cited a study by Khazanah Research Institute released on Oct 15 last year which said that the absolute earnings gap between the top 20% and the rest of the population had nearly doubled despite a reduction in official income inequality.Mahathir had said in his Labour Day message that Malaysians should take up dirty, dangerous and difficult or 3D jobs rather than remain unemployed. Without work, he said, there would be no income.
“When employers do not pay workers a decent wage, it will ultimately place a significant burden on the government as it will need to find ways to pay the poor, particularly the B40, at a later period,” he said. “It is important for policymakers to have a strategy to tackle the causes of low pay, as well as the characteristics of low-paid work that lead to job insecurity,” he said.
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