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Stemming the tide and keeping our talent
Every now and then, we hear of friends and relatives leaving for greener pastures abroad. While we are happy that they are moving on, their leaving also leaves a lump in our throats. Last month, the issue of our people leaving was brought up again when about 300,000 left, double that of the previous year. Do we, as a nation, have the will power to stem the outflow of skills and talent, the building blocks of our country?
Thumbs up for fuel cap
PETALING JAYA: Consumer associations welcome the Government's plan to cap the amount of subsidised petrol a car owner can buy monthly.
Call to safeguard pension fund investments
PETALING JAYA: Several groups have called on the Government to ensure that private pension funds are properly regulated with no room for abuse.
Teachers will get full wages
PETALING JAYA: Teachers and other civil servants who are under home quarantine due to the influenza A (H1N1) outbreak will not have their annual leave or wages deducted.
Hold induction courses here, say employers
PETALING JAYA: Employers want induction courses for foreign workers to be held in Malaysia rather than to let them be run by trainers in the countries of origin.
Employers 'allergic' to minimum wage
Employers are allergic to the minimum wage issue and strongly oppose the proposal to have a RM900 minimum pay across the board for all private sector employees.
MEF calls for fee waiver for employees in skill programme
The Government should waive the RM300 fee per employee that employers or employees themselves must pay to enrol in the National Occupational Skills Standards (NOSS) programme, the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) said.
Thumbs-up to lifting of conditions for investors
PETALING JAYA: There was all-round support for the move to lift the 30% bumiputra equity on 27 service sub-sectors.
Workers to bear levy
KUALA LUMPUR: Good news for employers. They are now allowed to deduct the levy from the wages of their foreign workers until the expiry of their present visas.
Employers can deduct levy from wages, again
Employers are now allowed, again, to deduct the cost of the levy from the wages of the their foreign workers until the expiry of their present visas, Labour Director-General Datuk Ismail Abdul Rahim said Thursday.
