MALAYSIA:::Keep hands off cash from service charge, MTUC tells bosses

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Trade Unions Congress is urging employers to keep their hands off the service charge money which belongs to employees.

The call follows reports that the majority of hotels had been using the service charge to meet the minimum wage for their employees. Following this, there have been suggestions to abolish the charge altogether.

MTUC secretary-general N. Gopal Krishnam said it was wrong for employers to take the amount gained from the service charge to make up for any shortfall to the RM900 minimum wage set by the Government.

MALAYSIA:::KWSP Timbang Selaras Umur Pengeluaran Ahli Pada Usia Hampir 60

KUALA LUMPUR, 10 April (Bernama) -- Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) sedang menimbang menyelaraskan umur pengeluaran simpanan persaraan ahlinya hampir kepada usia persaraan 60 tahun, kata Ketua Pegawai Eksekutifnya, Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan.

Beliau berkata negara perlu menangani isu pengeluaran simpanan pada usia 55 tahun berbanding usia persaraan baharu pada 60 tahun, jika tidak ia akan menjadi bebanan kepada masyarakat untuk menguruskan orang-orang yang bersara tanpa wang yang mencukupi dalam akaun mereka.

INDIA:::CITU protests EPFO's move to suspend minimum pension scheme

NEW DELHI: The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) today registered a protest against Employees Provident Fund Organisation's (EPFO) move to suspend the minimum pension of Rs 1000 and asked the NDA government to continue with the scheme proposed during the previous dispensation. 

The UPA government had taken the decision to increase the minimum pension to Rs 1,000 for pensioners and widow pensioners under the Employees Pension Scheme 1995. 

But, the retirement fund body's has decided to suspended the minimum monthly pension scheme from this month, which will hit about 32 lakh pensioners.