New employment rules deferred

Looking good: Saravanan visiting booths after the launch of the 23rd Conference and Exhibition on Occupational Safety and Health – COSH 2022 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The amended Employment Act has been postponed to give employers more time to address their worker shortage, says Datuk Seri M. Saravanan.The Human Resources Minister acknowledged that these businesses should be given the chance to recover.

“Maybe in a month or two after we have solved the issue of the shortage of workers, it will be more suitable for us to implement it,” he said.