Workers welcome enforcement of RM1.5k min wage

BernamaPublished: Jul 2, 2023 12:30 AM

The enforcement of the RM1,500 minimum wage for employers with fewer than five workers, which started yesterday, is seen as being able to improve the well-being of workers and lessen their financial burden.

In Kuala Lumpur, senior lecturer at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya (UM) Roza Hazli Zakaria said the increase will also boost worker productivity...

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