MCO: MEF calls on govt to reintroduce measures to keep economy afloat
The survivability of most companies very much hinges on the support employers and industries receive from the government.
Tue Jan 12 2021
T'ganu hopes Budget 2021 will provide long-term survival package for people
Terengganu hopes that Budget 2021 which will be tabled this Friday will give attention to providing a medium and long-term survival package for the people.
Tue Nov 03 2020
Govt expects unemployment rate to drop to 4.5 pct by December
Although the country is currently facing economic crisis and COVID-19 pandemic, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 per cent in September.
Fri Oct 16 2020
Errant employers will face action - Socso
Employers are urged not to include workers who were not registered with Socso before April 1, 2020 or names which do not exist.
Fri May 08 2020
Application for ERP still open - Saravanan
Employers can still submit applications for the Employment Retention Programme (ERP) under the Social Security Organisation (Socso).
Sat May 02 2020
Employment Retention Programme still in operation - Socso
The message on Twitter which has been in circulation, suggesting insufficient of funds for the ERP, was an unauthorised tweet that does not describe the actual progress of the programme.
Fri May 01 2020
"Focus on protecting jobs, households" - Khazanah Research Institute
It says the government should focus on a massive employment-retention programme to ensure households have enough resources to ride out the pandemic in the next few months.
Tue Mar 24 2020