PETALING JAYA: Reducing how much overtime employees can earn per month can hurt their livelihoods and the nation’s economy as a whole, say employers. They said this following calls by labour unions to cut the current legal maximum number of overtime (OT) hours of 104 so as to combat incidences of forced labour by employers.
Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia’s (ACCCIM) SMEs committee chairman Koong Lin Loong said reducing maximum OT hours would hurt certain industries and in turn affect employees.
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