Incentive unfair and should be scrapped


UNDER Budget 2020’s Graduates@Work programme, graduates who secure a job after being unemployed for more than a year will receive a wage incentive of RM500 per month for two years. Employers will also receive a hiring incentive of RM300 per month for two years.

This Graduates@Work programme is nonsense and should be scrapped for the following reasons:

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 11.12/month

Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 9.87/month

Billed as RM 118.40 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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