PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Employers Federation feels that the minimum wage implementation for the private sector needs a longer grace period for employers to make the necessary adjustments in balancing the extra labour cost to be in line with productivity level.
Its executive director Shamsuddin Bardan said the minimum wages of RM900 per month for employees in the peninsula and RM800 per month for employees Sabah, Sarawak as well as the Federal Territory of Labuan would be quite challenging for employers to comply with as the grace period was too short.
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