Anwar Ibrahim lamented the obstacles Putrajaya is facing in trying to implement the RM1,500 minimum wage across the board.
In a speech at the Labour Day celebration at Putrajaya International Convention Centre, he also lamented the obstacles Putrajaya has been facing in trying to implement the RM1,500 minimum wage across the board.“So, that is why at the Cabinet meeting next month, we hope to resolve this issue once and for all,” he said.
On March 19, 2022, then prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that the minimum wage would be increased from RM1,200 to RM1,500 beginning from May 1, 2022. A temporary exemption until the end of last year was given to employers with less than five employees. In August last year, it was reported that companies supplying cleaners and security guards to schools and other government facilities were refusing to pay their workers the new minimum wage of RM1,500.
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