Employers must honour minimum rates or face penalty

PUTRAJAYA: The Minimum Wages Order 2016 (MWO 2016) will be implemented from today despite complaints by employers that they are ill-prepared to do so.

Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot (pic) said the new minimum wage rates announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in October last year when he tabled the 2016 Budget gave employers eight months to get their house in order.