Covid-19: Three out of five workers laid off below 40

Three out of five workers who have lost their jobs recently were below 40 years of age, with most of them from the informal sectors which did not offer any social security net, according to DM-Analytic Sdn Bhd economist Zouhair Rosli.

He said a survey also showed that three out of five informal sector workers were earning less than RM4,000 a month and during the Covid-19 pandemic, 50 percent of them lost their business.