Gig workers urged to join EPF’s i-Saraan

Work visit: Shahar chatting with a visitor during his trip to the state EPF office in Seremban. With him is state EPF chairman Muhammad Mahdi Abdul Samad (left). — Bernama

SEREMBAN: Fewer than 10% of the 2.7 million self-employed Malaysians contribute to the Employees Provident Fund’s i-Saraan scheme and out of that, only 18% are actually contributing consistently. Describing the numbers as “not encouraging”, Deputy Finance Minister II Mohd Shahar Abdullah is urging more Malaysians, especially those in the gig economy, to sign up for the scheme.

“Of the 255,000 who registered for the i-Saraan scheme, only 18% are contributing to the EPF consistently.