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                                <title><![CDATA[ Suspend 'reckless' minister, banking union tells Anwar ]]></title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ NUBE says based on its experience dealing with Steven Sim, the human resources minister is part of the problem in the HRD Corp debacle. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ National training index to boost Malaysia's workforce, says HR minister ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Migrants say in limbo after promised jobs fall through ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2023 07:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It is unclear how the workers ended up without jobs despite arriving in Malaysia with employment contracts and promises that their temporary work visas would become permanent on arrival. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Enforcement of law on shorter working hours pushed to Jan 1 ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Human Resources Minister M Saravanan says engagement sessions with stakeholders found that industry players, especially employers, needed more time before the amendments came into force. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Govt to lift freeze on hiring foreign workers ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ No plans to introduce menstrual leave, says deputy minister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2022 03:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Only workers in essential services allowed in office during EMCO, says minister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2021 07:15:35 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ M Saravanan urges bosses to abide by the SOPs and allow their workers to work from home during this period. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Govt mulls extending WFH with full pay for those caring for sick family members ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:15:37 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says this is to encourage shared responsibility and increase women's work productivity. ]]></description>
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