The government is not serious in implementing the minimum wage ruling and no action will be taken against errant employers, said Socialist Party Malaysia (PSM) and Jerit.
KUALA LUMPUR: Socialist Party Malaysia (PSM) and Jerit, a coalition fighting for oppressed people, said the government is not serious in enforcing the minimum wage order and errant employers will not be brought to book.
PSM secretary-general S.Arutchelvam said several letters had been sent to the Human Resources Minister for a discussion on how the ruling would be implemented but until today there had been no response.
Arutchelvam said if the government was serious in enforcing the order they should have carried out an awareness campaign before the end of this year to inform employers because many were not aware of the ruling.
The Minimum Wage Order 2012 came into force on Jan 1, this year, for employers who have more than six workers but full enforcement will only be carried out from January next year.
“I am confident the government will play a ‘wayang kulit’ not to seriously enforce the ruling.
“The implementation of minimum wage order early this year is merely to entice labour votes for Barisan Nasional in the last general election,” he said at the PSM office today.
According to a written reply made by Human Resource Minister during parliament session to Othman Abdul (BN-Pendang) on Oct 3, 2013, the minister stated that there would be no more postponement of enforcing the ruling and all employers must comply beginning January next year.
In the same reply, the minister also pointed out that the postponement was given as an interim for the employers to restructure the wage policy of their companies.
If the employers failed to enforce the ruling, the ministry will penalise the employers according to National Wage Facilitation Act 2011 and among the action taken are:
First offence – a fine not more than RM10,000 for each worker;
General penalty – a fine not more than RM10,000 for non-specified offence;
Continuous offence – RM1,000 fine for each day as per conviction; and
Repeated offence – RM20,000 fine or imprisonment not more than five years.
Prosecution against employers will only be taken after all the steps above are taken.
KUALA LUMPUR: Socialist Party Malaysia (PSM) and Jerit, a coalition fighting for oppressed people, said the government is not serious in enforcing the minimum wage order and errant employers will not be brought to book.PSM secretary-general S.Arutchelvam said several letters had been sent to the Human Resources Minister for a discussion on how the ruling would be implemented but until today there had been no response.
Arutchelvam said if the government was serious in enforcing the order they should have carried out an awareness campaign before the end of this year to inform employers because many were not aware of the ruling.
The Minimum Wage Order 2012 came into force on Jan 1, this year, for employers who have more than six workers but full enforcement will only be carried out from January next year.
“I am confident the government will play a ‘wayang kulit’ not to seriously enforce the ruling.
“The implementation of minimum wage order early this year is merely to entice labour votes for Barisan Nasional in the last general election,” he said at the PSM office today.
According to a written reply made by Human Resource Minister during parliament session to Othman Abdul (BN-Pendang) on Oct 3, 2013, the minister stated that there would be no more postponement of enforcing the ruling and all employers must comply beginning January next year.
In the same reply, the minister also pointed out that the postponement was given as an interim for the employers to restructure the wage policy of their companies.
If the employers failed to enforce the ruling, the ministry will penalise the employers according to National Wage Facilitation Act 2011 and among the action taken are:
First offence – a fine not more than RM10,000 for each worker;
General penalty – a fine not more than RM10,000 for non-specified offence;
Continuous offence – RM1,000 fine for each day as per conviction; and
Repeated offence – RM20,000 fine or imprisonment not more than five years.
Prosecution against employers will only be taken after all the steps above are taken.
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