Employers who are not allowed to operate during the conditional MCO are allowed to apply for the wage subsidy programme. “The government should (then) also consider allocating more funds for the wage subsidy programme, ” he added. “The RM5bil for Wage Subsidy Programme will help safeguard some 2.5 million jobs. “Also, the RM1.5bil employment subsidy programme is newly-created, encouraging firms to hire unemployed workers from all age groups, ” he said. “Unemployed workers can claim training allowances of up to RM4,000 from Socso even though they are not contributors under the Employment Insurance Scheme.

Source: thestar June 05, 2020 20:15 UTC