KUALA LUMPUR: The government has channelled RM20.92 billion to 357,904 employers through the wage subsidy programme (PSU) to sustain the jobs of 2.96 million local workers in a bid to reduce the unemployment rate in the country.
Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said for PSU 1.0, 322,177 employers and 2.64 million workers benefited from it under the PRIHATIN and PENJANA economic stimulus packages with wage subsidy applications approved hitting RM12.958 billion up to July 15, 2022.
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