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Kok: Minimum wage increase of RM100 is reasonable
KUALA LUMPUR: The minimum wage increase of RM100 to RM1,200, effective Jan 1 in 57 cities and towns from RM1,100 currently, is reasonable and will not cause any significant impairment to the bottom line employers. Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok
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Stop the poppycock and just raise the minimum wage nationwide
We refer to the Human Resources Ministry’s decision to raise the minimum wage to RM1,200 in 57 cities and towns, and freeze it at RM1,100 for the rest of the country. But why not just make it RM 1,200 nationwide?
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Rich Malaysian, Poor Malaysian – The Merdeka gap
In recent weeks, we have been occupied with the question of whether the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston’s claim is correct or false. Alston concluded that Malaysia’s absolute poverty rate cannot be 0.4 percent
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Dissecting Kula’s new minimum wage recommendation within 16 months
By: S Arutchelvan Recently under intense pressure to raise the minimum wage, YB M.Kulasegaran – the Human Resources Minister said that a review will be done within 16 months on the question of minimum wage.(Bernama, 20 April 2019). This is
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Kulasegaran: New minimum wage recommendations to be submitted next year
BENTONG: The Minimum Wage Consultation Technical Committee is expected to send in their recommendations on the new minimum wage rates by August 2020, announced Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran. He said that the committee is in the midst of obtaining
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