THE Malaysian Employers Federation’s (MEF) criticism of the Government for increasing the minimum wage is unfair, and smacks of insensitivity and lack of compassion to the needs of workers.
The 2016 Budget increased the minimum wage from RM900 to RM1,000 in peninsular Malaysia and from RM800 to RM920 in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan. The increase is expected to benefit some three million workers in the country of whom about one million are locals.
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