IPOH: The government has urged all employers to comply with the Employment Act 1955, especially with regard to the reduction of working hours from 48 hours to 45 hours a week.
Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar said this was because the amendment had been approved in Parliament last year and employers were given until Jan 1 this year to implement it.
“So I don’t want any excuse from employers who say that they don’t know about the law that has been passed,“ he said when met by reporters during a press conference at the Perak Human Capital Development Centre (PHCDC) today.
On Feb 23, Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) secretary-general Kamarul Baharin Mansor was quoted in a media report urging the Ministry of Human Resources (KSM) to take strict action against employers who flouted regulations under the Act.
MTUC stressed that there were still reports received of employers who did not adhere to the amendment, including with regard to working hours.
In another development, Sivakumar said his ministry remained committed to ensuring the continued empowerment of the Technical and Vocational Education and Programme(TVET) programme through collaborations with various parties.
He said the main focus of the government at present was to ensure that every TVET graduate obtained a job matching the skills acquired.
“We want to ensure that those trained under the TVET programmes have a high market value because the issue of mismatch is often raised. The graduates produced are not...
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