| 'No' to increasing retirement age Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman said the current retirement age should not be extended, citing how the previous increment of the retirement age from 55 to 60 in July 2013 led to a loss of about a million job opportunities for fresh graduates.The Sunday Star
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Sunday, 6 March 2022 |
| MEF: Employers need more support to survive extended MCO 3.0 lockdown MEF President Dato Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P said the extension of the lockdown was unavoidable as the average daily rate of infection had not reduced to below 5,000, and it was also foreseeable that further extensions may be imposed in future.Press Release
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Friday, 11 June 2021 |
| MEF wants Safe@Work programme to be extended to all industry sectors The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) hopes the Safe@Work programme implemented by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) would be extended to employers in all sectors of industry.The Star
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Wednesday, 31 March 2021 |
| Gradual reopening of business sectors will be good for sustainability of businesses MEF President Dato’ Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P. thanked the government for allowing certain sectors to reopen during the extended Movement Control Order (MCO) 2.0 period from Feb 5 to 18, 2021.Press Release
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Saturday, 6 February 2021 |
| MCO 2.0: MEF welcomes the proposed reopening of all business sectors with stricter SOP MEF President Dato’ Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P., in referring to media reports on the reopening of all business sectors with the latest extended MCO 2.0, said the move would be much-welcomed.Press Release
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Wednesday, 3 February 2021 |
| Lift cap on wage subsidy to save professional jobs, says MEF MEF executive director Shamsuddin Bardan said this was because the WSP and the now discontinued employment retention programme (ERP) were only extended to workers earning RM4,000 and below per month.Free Malaysia Today
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Saturday, 31 October 2020 |
| No need to press panic button, says virologist Malaysian Employers Federation executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said many employers and employees are not ready for extended work-from-home policies.The Sun
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Tuesday, 4 August 2020 |
| More businesses will close without extended moratorium, warns MEF Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director Shamsuddin Bardan said the ending of the moratorium will result in many businesses closing faster.Free Malaysia Today
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Tuesday, 21 July 2020 |
| Penjana gets stakeholders' stamp of approval MEF executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said the additional allocation of RM5 billion in the wage subsidy programme, set at RM600 per worker and extended for another three months, would encourage employers to retain their employees.New Straits Times
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Saturday, 6 June 2020 |
| Government should share cost of 90-day Maternity Leave The government should put in place appropriate mechanisms to support employers bear the additional cost increases should maternity leave be extended from the current 60 days to 90 days, as was proposedby the YAB Prime Minister in tabling the Budget 2018 in Parliament recently.
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Tuesday, 31 October 2017 |