New minimum wage meaningless if govt doesn’t check rising living costs, says Anwar
The new RM1,500 minimum wage will not bring about significant improvement to labourers if there are no measures implemented to handle rising living costs. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 1, 2022.
THE new minimum wage that takes effect today, on Labour Day, does not mean anything if the cost of living continues to escalate, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said. The PKR president said as long as there are no thorough, effective measures to address the rise in cost of living, the new minimum wage of RM1,500 would not bring any significant change to the people.
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