Minimum wage: Let’s have more engagement, business groups urge govt


Syed Hussain: ‘At this tough time, we need full employment to grow the businesses and the national economy.’

PETALING JAYA: While it is good for small companies to have the implementation of the minimum wage delayed to July, business groups want the government to do more by engaging with them.

They said the new team at the Human Resources Ministry should ditch the old ways and avoid working in silos in policymaking.

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