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                                <title><![CDATA[ Price revision and staff cuts: Restaurant group warns of flipside of raising minimum wage ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 01:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Restaurant owners raise concerns over price hikes and cuts in employee numbers. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Rafizi entitled to talk about what's good for the country, HR minister says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ V Sivakumar says while wage issues and policies are under his ministry, he and Rafizi Ramli are both members of the  National Economic Action Council. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Rafizi has done nothing concrete to improve economy, says employers federation ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 02:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Employers Federation slams the minister's announcement of a possible mandatory wage increase plan and reminds him of his main tasks. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Bosses' group against all withdrawals before age 60 ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 08:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Employers Federation says withdrawals at the age of 50 and 55 are not relevant since the retirement age is currently 60. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Bosses group welcomes PM's plan for national mental health care centre ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 01:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Employers Federation says the people are the country's 'core assets'. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Too many changes too fast, bosses group tells govt ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2022 09:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Employers Federation says businesses are still struggling to recover from the impact of Covid-19, and need more time to implement all of the changes scheduled to take effect this year. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Warning of billions in losses, employers repeat call to allow migrants to work ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:56:44 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Employers Federation says the country might lose out on the high demand for commodities, manufactured goods and services due to its shortage of manpower. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ No work experience necessary – just a sad story ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nur Hasliza Mohd Salleh ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Employers Federation cautions against taking on workers this way, calling it an unhealthy practice. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Economists, NGOs welcome refugee-hiring proposal to ease labour crunch ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:23:52 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ They say there are enough refugees and undocumented migrants in the country to meet industry needs. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Bosses group moots hiring refugees, undocumented migrants to tackle labour shortage ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:54:17 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Employers Federation says short-term measures are needed until all issues concerning foreign labour recruitment can be resolved. ]]></description>
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