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OLEH
G. RAJASEKARAN
SETIAUSAHA AGUNG
KONGRES KESATUAN SEKERJA MALAYSIA
Is it necessary to implement a minimum
wage?
•Current situation
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•Impact of subsidy on government
-In recent months government has been
lamenting on the cost impact of subsidies
-And taken the first step to ultimately
remove all subsidies
-Government has repeatedly stated that
the low income groups will not be
burdened.
-We don’t need handouts – because after
some years the same government will lash
out at people who depend on handouts for
their survival.
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•Impact of rising cost on quality of life of
•workers
Impact of rising cost on quality of
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•The reported CPI in Malaysia has been
increasing by about 3% per annum for the
last three decades, while the world CPI
has gone up 3,000 times over the same
period. So much so that housewives scoff
when they are told that prices of goods
and services are only increasing at 3% a
year.
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•Implementation of a minimum wage
- issues and challenges
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•How does the government plan to
achieve high income economy?
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• Generally, high wages would improve
productivity and quality. Workers will
place high value on their job
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• What should be the Minimum Wage?
- In 1998 MTUC proposed a National Minimum
Wage of RM900
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