Silver shift in nation’s workforce


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s workforce is greying as older workers take up a growing share of the labour market.

According to data from the Statistics Department (DOSM), the number of workers aged 50 and above has gone up from 1.9 million (14.7% of the labour force) in 2011 to 2.6 million (15.8%) in 2023.

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