Pros and cons to lowering EPF contribution rates


Yeah: Employees must be given option to choose whether to lower their EPF contribution rate or not.

ANY extra cash he takes home is a boon for this 35-year-old engineer who wants to be known only as Ganesh.

The father of two young children in Kuala Lumpur – one of whom is in kindergarten – says an additional RM200 would be beneficial.

Get 20% OFF The Star Digital Access

Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 11.12/month

Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 9.87/month

Billed as RM 118.40 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel for breaking news alerts and key updates!
EPF , dividends

Next In Focus

A generative governance paradigm for the intelligent action domain
Rebooting cyberspace: the ontology of AI
America was the arsenal of democracy; now it’s disarming the press
Thank goodness for the storytellers – the ones who probe, question, irritate the powerful
We must make truth matter again
Right to know – but how far?
Dystopia, Inc: Would you like your news with or without hallucinations?
Why Israel fears this searing new documentary
2026 World News Day: Time to fight
Strengthen the FOI Bill into into an enforceable right to know act, says civil society

Others Also Read