CYBERJAYA: Employers have been told to provide
reasonable wages as incentives for locals to take up jobs.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said many
locals had reported that they had problems with poor salary schemes.
"This is one thing that I have to stress on... we have to be fair to locals in the job market.
"If wages remain low, in the end, the jobs won't be taken up by locals... then employers will start asking the government to approve their request for foreign workers."
Najib added when that happened, it would cause salaries for locals to remain at a low rate.
He was speaking at a video conference with Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman, after simultaneously launching 12 JobsMalaysia Centres (JCM) nationwide, here, yesterday.
"This is one thing that I have to stress on... we have to be fair to locals in the job market.
"If wages remain low, in the end, the jobs won't be taken up by locals... then employers will start asking the government to approve their request for foreign workers."
Najib added when that happened, it would cause salaries for locals to remain at a low rate.
He was speaking at a video conference with Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman, after simultaneously launching 12 JobsMalaysia Centres (JCM) nationwide, here, yesterday.
JobsMalaysia is an agency under the Human Resources
Ministry.
Also present were Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam and Public Service Department director-general Tan Sri Ismail Adam.
Responding to Ghani's briefing on job opportunities in Iskandar Malaysia, Najib expressed hope that the majority of jobs there would be taken up by Malaysians.
"As a growth area with great potential, especially with the projects that had been lined up, I hope Iskandar Malaysia becomes exemplary, not only in terms of investments that come in, but also where the welfare of workers -- especially amongst Malaysians, are concerned."
Earlier in his speech, Najib said since its set-up in January 2009, 387,210 job seekers had signed up with JCM.
Also present were Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam and Public Service Department director-general Tan Sri Ismail Adam.
Responding to Ghani's briefing on job opportunities in Iskandar Malaysia, Najib expressed hope that the majority of jobs there would be taken up by Malaysians.
"As a growth area with great potential, especially with the projects that had been lined up, I hope Iskandar Malaysia becomes exemplary, not only in terms of investments that come in, but also where the welfare of workers -- especially amongst Malaysians, are concerned."
Earlier in his speech, Najib said since its set-up in January 2009, 387,210 job seekers had signed up with JCM.
Source
No comments:
Post a Comment