PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s labour productivity per employment shrank by 16% to RM19,455 per person in the second quarter (Q2), with construction taking a big hit, according to the Statistics Department.
In its report on the performance of Malaysia’s labour productivity issued recently, it said total hours worked plunged by 27% to 6.2 billion hours from an average of 8.5 billion hours.
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