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                                <title><![CDATA[ National training index to boost Malaysia's workforce, says HR minister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 09:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ V Sivakumar says the NTI has the potential to set benchmarks for industry players and be the gold standard for regional counterparts to emulate. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ October unemployment at lowest since start of pandemic ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2022 08:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The unemployment rate for October remained at 3.6%, 0.3% higher than the pre-pandemic rate of 3.3% in February 2020. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Behind the job-fling trend among the youth ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Many young people switch jobs on a regular basis, in what some employers have described as a trend over the past few years. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Foreign workers looking for jobs end up trapped in middlemen debt instead ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nur Hasliza Mohd Salleh ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2022 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Many of them spend years paying off their debts, even if it means overstaying their permits. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ June unemployment rate at lowest since start of Covid-19 pandemic ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The number of unemployed people decreased to 630,600 in June 2022 from 637,700 the previous month. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Post-pandemic, jobs abound but workers in short supply ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Employers are having a hard time finding workers, even though they offer attractive salaries. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Don’t make the same mistakes in programmes to legalise migrant workers, govt told ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2022 01:00:55 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers says employers who tried to recruit workers through previous programmes faced all manner of challenges and costs. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Legalising undocumented migrants for workforce a stupid idea, says minister ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2022 07:56:17 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Human Resources Minister M Saravanan says this will only encourage more undocumented migrants to enter the country. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Some sectors to be given flexibility in minimum wage, says minister ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2022/04/14/some-sectors-to-be-given-flexibility-on-minimum-wage-says-minister</link>
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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[ Grades and careers in a post-pandemic world ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli & Azzman Abdul Jamal ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2022 01:00:58 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Amid the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, experts say it's time for a change of mindset. ]]></description>
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