KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Some workers in Malaysia have complained that their benefits have been or would be reduced by employers in response to the new RM1,500 minimum wage...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Some workers in Malaysia have complained that their benefits have been or would be reduced by employers in response to the new RM1,500 minimum wage implemented since May 1. spoke to office despatch worker Mohamaed Afran, who earned RM1,280 per month over the past one-and-half years, and whose happiness over the RM1,500 new minimum pay rate was cut short after his employer announced an accompanying cut to his benefits.
“My company is... trying to make staff work more days. It expects productivity levels to increase following the 'added cost'. It's not fair,” she was quoted saying. Currently, the RM1,500 minimum wage rate applies from May 1 to employers who have five or more employees, and also to employers who carry out professional activities as classified under the Human Resources Ministry’s Malaysia Standard Classification of Occupations even if they have less than five employees.
“Maybe some will look at it as us trying to find a loophole, but can you really foot another RM100,000 when the economy itself is very fluid?" he said. "We have received complaints from employees that companies have deducted allowances and other benefits — including slashing canteen food subsidy and transportation — to reduce cost due to an increase in minimum wage... is a betrayal of the government's effort to increase the income of the B40 group," ST had quoted MTUC as saying.
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