Bid to further cut minimum wage gap


PUTRAJAYA: The Government is looking to narrow the minimum wage gap between workers in the peninsula and Sabah and Sarawak in a review of the policy that may be implemented next year.

Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem said since the minimum wage policy was introduced in 2013, the gap had been reduced in a review last year.

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