IT has been slightly over 100 days since Steven Sim took on the mantle of Human Resources Minister but he hit the ground running since day one.
Since then, he has settled into his position with the help of the experienced team of civil servants at the ministry as well as his own team which followed him to his new ministry from the Finance Ministry.Setting the path: Sim says the initiatives announced in his first 100 days at the ministry are meant to chart the course of its future.
For example, I always say you can’t just raise wages by fiat alone, by enacting a law that says everyone has to raise wages to a certain level. Yes, there must be some kind of government intervention, which is why we have the minimum wage legislation, but at the end of the day, we have to look at the structural economic problems.>You have said your three main focuses are the welfare of workers, improving skills, and increasing productivity.
In terms of training, HRD Corp has signed a memorandum of understanding with 13 top global training providers such as Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Alibaba and so on, and with this MOU, employers can now use the HRD Corp levy to pay for training via these platforms. Employers can also use up to 50% of their levy balance in HRD Corp to upgrade inhouse training infrastructure, including buying IT equipment and such.
We talked about 10,000 mental health first aid carers in workplaces and 100,000 free health screenings for workers all over the country. I’ve also talked about the vision to have at least one Perkeso dialysis centre in every state. And the third component is that we are now allowing up to 50% of HRD Corp levy balance to be used by a company to pay its interns.So I can give you a list of a lot more events and announcements and initiatives that I have made, but I think what they all encapsulate is not just our achievements but set the direction for the next 100 days, 1,000 days, and the days ahead.
We have also launched a portal where we allow Malaysians to give input to the formation of the policy. For example, we talk about achieving a female labour force participation rate of up to 60%.
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