MTUC claims employers short changing workers

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PETALING JAYA: Some errant employers are short changing  their workers by including allowances, commissions and other perks to inflate the basic monthly salary to RM900 to comply with the new minimum wages regulation introduced by the government.

Malaysian Trades Union Congress vice president A Balasubramaniam claimed these employers were doing so despite warnings from the government that they would be hauled up for such practice.

He called on the Human Resources Ministry to step up enforcement to ensure workers were not short-changed in anyway.    Effective January this year, the government has set the basic minimum wage for workers in Peninsular Malaysia, as RM900.

Balasubramaniam pointed out that basic wages should not include commissions or their allowance as per their contract. — Bernama