National Employment Council creates 320,000 jobs

Tengku Zafrul said the government was also aware of the commitments such as bills, rent and employee salaries faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and micro-entrepreneurs. Hence, he said continuous assistance has been and is being implemented to ensure that they persevere and could bounce back.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has created 320,000 jobs so far through the National Employment Council (NEC) initiative, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

He said in an effort to help the target groups find jobs, RM2bil was allocated for the PenjanaKerjaya programme under Budget 2021, for which PenjanaKerjaya 2.0 has helped more than 141,000 people secured jobs.