Ex-EPF staff want benefits

KUALA LUMPUR: About 50 former Employees Provident Fund (EPF) staff members gathered in front of the headquarters here yesterday to hand over a memorandum demanding for the retirement benefits promised to them under the discontinued Staff Provident Fund (SPF).

They were among the 500 ex-employees who worked for more than 30 years claiming they had the right to SPF benefits totalling between RM100,000 and RM200,000.

Getting more self-employed to make EPF contributions

PETALING JAYA: The Employees Provident Fund has embarked on a four-week promotion blitz to get the self-employed and those without fixed income to contribute to the EPF through its 1Malaysia Retirement Savings Scheme.

Themed Self Employed? You Can Still Contribute to EPF and Retire Happy, EPF general manager for public relations Nik Affendi Jaafar said the advertising campaign aimed to encourage this sector to contribute voluntarily to the fund based on what they can afford.