RM2bil HRD levy to boost fresh grad salaries


Life-saving tech: Sim (second from right) looking at new CT scan equipment at Hospital Bukit Mertajam. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Companies can now use RM2bil from the Human Resources Development (HRD) levy to increase the salary of fresh graduates through the hands-on training allowances, says Human Resources Minister Steven Sim.

“We call it the graduates’ training programme, and because the allocation became available on Sept 1, we don’t have a statistical analysis of the response yet.

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