KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s labour productivity continued to decline at negative 2.9 per cent in fourth quarter (Q4) 2020 after registering negative 2.2 per cent in Q3 2020, due to the impact of the conditional movement control order (CMCO), according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).
Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the total hours worked in Q4 2020 declined 2.7 per cent in line with the shorter business operation hours following the CMCO, recording a total of 8.6 billion hours.
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