MALAYSIA:::At odds over new minimum wage

PETALING JAYA: A year after the implementation of a national minimum wage, things are heating up again with a proposal to review the RM900 ceiling upwards.

The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF), which opposed the previous ceiling, wants the minimum wage to stay put at RM900, but trade unions are clamouring for it to be raised to and standardised at RM1,200.

This is following the completed review of the policy by the National Wages Consultative Council which submitted its recommendations to the Human Resources Ministry recently.

Sources close to the council revealed that there were differences in opinion among the stakeholders involved, but they had “agreed to disagree”.

MALAYSIA:::Kaji kursus OSH

TNB Integrated Learning Solution Sdn Bhd (Ilsas), anak syarikat milik penuh Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) menjalin kerjasama dengan Institut Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan Negara (Niosh) dan Niosh Certification Sdn Bhd, dalam usaha untuk meningkatkan kesedaran dan pematuhan keselamatan dan kesihatan pekerjaan  (OSH).

Pengerusi TNB Tan Sri Leo Moggie memberitahu, kerjasama tersebut akan berlangsung selama tiga tahun dan yang pertama bagi ketiga-tiga pihak.