Almost all bosses in Malaysia adhering to RM1,100 minimum wage | #AsiaNewsNetwork

Almost all bosses in Malaysia adhering to RM1,100 minimum wage | #AsiaNewsNetwork
Published 10 April 2019

Kuala Lumpur (The Star) - ALMOST all employers in the country have complied with the minimum wage policy of RM1,100, says Datuk Mahfuz Omar.

The Deputy Human Resources Minister said the Labour Department conducted statutory inspections to see if employers were adhering to the minimum wage order.

“They conducted 7,695 inspections between January and February and found that 98% adhered to the minimum wage order.“At the same time, the department also conducted investigations on complaints filed by employees against their employers who had failed to pay the minimum wage,” he said in reply to Khairy Jamaluddin (BN-Rembau) who wanted to know the level of compliance of the order.

“The department received 95 of such cases, of which 66 have been resolved while the rest are in the midst of investigations,” he said.

To Khairy’s supplementary question, he said the ministry could not set wages as that depended on the employers.

“We only have a guideline and we have a guideline for 160 types of jobs based on skills.

“It is also up to the employees if they want to accept it,” he said.

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