| Salary hike prospects 'bleak' MEF announced its findings of four latest publications for 2018. The publications focus on the forecast of salary increases and bonuses for 2019. The outlook was "bleak", according to the survey due to the global recession, increasing social costs and political uncertainties following GE14 which were among factors influencing the employers' cautious attitudeThe Star
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Saturday, 1 December 2018 |
| Time to reward More than four million private sector employees are in for good news after the tide turned for many companies affected by the hard knocks of the global recession two years ago.The Star
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Wednesday, 8 December 2010 |
| The jobs are out there Many were working in construction projects and petrochemical industries but now, many have returned home after losing their jobs due to abandoned projects and production cuts brought on by the global recession," he points out. The Sunday Star
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Sunday, 5 July 2009 |
| Staggering - 40 per cent of private sector workers are foreigners The economy, stimulus fund, outsourcing labour agents... Arman Ahmad sits in as MTUC secretary general G. Rajasekaran and Malaysian Employers Federation executive director shamsuddin chew on these topics and more.New Straits Times
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Saturday, 11 April 2009 |
| Keeping tabs on the jobless rates The most severe projection comes from the MEF. With 26,798 workers now retrenched in the country, MEF executive director shamsuddin sees the number rising to a peak of 200,000. "Things are not really good this time around.The Star
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Saturday, 4 April 2009 |
| Defer levy increase, says federation It quoted Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director shamsuddin as saying 12,674 Malaysians and 6,651 foreigners lost their jobs outright while the rest took part in voluntary separation schemes (VSS).The Sun
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Monday, 30 March 2009 |
| Now not the time to pick and choose Malaysians should stop being choosy about jobs and consider working in plantations and at construction sites where the salaries are also good. shamsuddin said in the plantation sector, a worker could earn between RM1,500 and RM2,500 a month.New Straits Times
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009 |
| Unite and focus on goal, says Abdullah MEF said companies will be able to save more than RM400 million in the next two years with the reduction in the contribution to the Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF) under the second economic stimulus package.The Sun
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009 |
| Helping fresh grad is the next big job Picture an additional 200,000 fresh graduates competing for a job against the 100,000 who will be retrenched by the end of the year.New Sunday Times
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Sunday, 8 March 2009 |
| SR during global recession The lingering fears on the loss of employment, following the global financial turmoil, were the main concerns of the working population in the country, and the world at large, towards the closing chapters of last year.New Sunday Times
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Sunday, 1 March 2009 |