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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>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Provide data on errant contractors, labour group says on minimum wage ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2023 01:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Workers such as cleaners and security guards at government facilities are owed about RM3,600, MTUC says. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Govt trying to identify best model for living wage, says minister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 07:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Human Resources Minister V Sivakumar says the government is studying a proposal by the central bank on the implementation of a living wage. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Living wage, the way forward? ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amanda Yeo ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 02:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ When Malaysians can secure high-skilled, high-income employment within their country, they will be less likely to seek better job opportunities elsewhere. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Clinics, security firms among over 120 companies not paying RM1,500 minimum wage ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nur Hasliza Mohd Salleh ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2022 06:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The most common excuse is that they are old contractors whose tenders were issued before the minimum wage was gazetted. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Minimum wage hike, cause for celebration or ill-timed move? ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard Yeoh & Khor Wei Wen ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 02:49:11 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ To increase the minimum wage at this juncture may jeopardise the efforts of employers to revive their businesses following the Covid-19 pandemic. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Bosses with under 5 workers exempted from minimum wage rule until year-end ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2022 00:57:16 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This does not apply to employers in professional fields, who must pay the minimum salary of RM1,500 regardless of how many workers they have. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Some sectors to be given flexibility in minimum wage, says minister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 23:51:38 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Affected workers include those who earn an income by doing odd jobs, as well as companies with fewer than five workers and those facing huge losses such as the hospitality and tourism sectors. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Govt should honour GE14 ‘wage contract’ with workers ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ N Gopal Kishnam & Irene Xavier ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:49:56 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Politicians are urged to honour their promises and announce the new minimum wage order in accordance with their manifesto text. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ China enforces minimum wage for delivery riders amid crackdown on mega tech ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 00:21:21 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Food delivery and other big tech company shares lost billions of dollars on the news. ]]></description>
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