Ministries addressing minimum wage underpayment

DISCUSSIONS will be held between the Human Resources Ministry and the Finance Ministry to address the issue of employees who have yet to be paid the RM1,500 minimum wage as stipulated by law.

Deputy Human Resources Minister Mustapha Sakmud said this involved workers in the cleaning and security sectors because their job contracts were inked before the implementation of the new minimum wage order on May 1 last year.