Risk of rising unemployment remains high

Malaysian Employers Federation executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan told StarBiz that 2021 has to take into account the 2020 cohort that are coming out of the education system.

PETALING JAYA: The worsening Covid-19 situation that has triggered a second round of movement control order (MCO) in Malaysia has once again cast the spotlight on unemployment.

Businesses are staring at a road full of uncertainties ahead even with the hint of vaccine optimism and as it is, unemployment in 2021 remains jittery.