Kulasegaran: Utusan Melayu employees can seek Employee Insurance System support

KUALA LUMPUR: Retrenched employees of Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd can make a representation under the Employment Insurance System (EIS) to get assistance for a period of six months, says Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran (pic).

“If the workers are retrenched under the law, they can always make a representation to the EIS where there will be some payment of salary for a period of six months, starting from 80% (of their salary) in the first month, ” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby on Wednesday (Oct 9).