Employers in small, medium industries may apply to extend minimum wage implementation for foreign workers

PETALING JAYA: Employers in the small and medium industries, who do not have the capacity to pay the minimum wage to all their employees, can appeal individually to extend the minimum wage implementation date for foreign employees only, the National Wages Consultative Council said in a statement on Wednesday.

However, the employers must continue to pay the minimum wage (RM900 for the peninsula and RM800 in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan), with effect from Jan 1, to Malaysian workers.