PUTRAJAYA: The proposal for a new, higher minimum wage is expected to be presented at a Cabinet meeting next month, says Human Resources Minister Steven Sim.He said his ministry had received a report and recommendations on the new minimum wage rate from the National Wages Consultative Council chaired by Tan Sri Zainal Rahim Seman.
Sim said the ministry has previously distributed a Cabinet paper to the relevant ministries for feedback on the proposed wage rate.
“We will present the Cabinet paper for consideration and decision at the Cabinet level, likely in September,” the minister told a press conference after the Manpower Department Training Institute’s 27th Convocation Ceremony here yesterday, Bernama reported.
Sim had previously said the government would review the minimum wage.
It was last updated in May 2022, raising the minimum wage from RM1,200 to RM1,500.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had expressed hope that the private sector, especially companies that record high profits, would follow the government’s example by reviewing their salary schemes to provide more reasonable remuneration to their employees.
The prime minister said the public service wage reform also serves as a message to private companies to raise workers’ wages in an effort to help alleviate their financial burden.
