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Highlights of Budget 2012 On Employment

Highlights of Budget 2012 On Employment

We would like to express our gratitude to our Prime Minister for the Malaysia Budget 2012 which was presented in the Parliament last Friday.  The live telecast of the speech which starts at 4pm can be accessed in Bahasa Malaysia and English by surfing the Malaysian Treasury portal at http://www.treasury.gov.my We share some of the [...]

October 9, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Amendments to the Employment Act 1955

Amendments to the Employment Act 1955

We share an article about amendment of Employment Act 1955 and how does it affects you. This article was written by Kuok Yew Chen and Whalan Kazombiaze of Christopher Lee & Co. (www.christopherleeco.com). The Employment (Amendment) Bill 2011(“Bill”) was recently tabled in Parliament and is pending the second reading at the Dewan Rakyat. The Bill [...]

October 9, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Rules & Minimum Wages For Indian Workers

Rules & Minimum Wages For Indian Workers

The Indian High Commission here has announced revised guidelines and documents for the employment of skilled and unskilled workers from India which take effect from Nov 1 and they include a minimum wage structure for them starting from RM800 a month. The salary range as follows : Type MIN SALARY Unskilled workers (eg Restaurant, construction, [...]

October 5, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Khazanah-Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Merdeka Scholarship

Khazanah-Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Merdeka Scholarship

The Khazanah-Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Merdeka Scholarships, established to mark the 50th anniversary of Malaysia’s independence, are intended to enable outstanding Malaysian students to undertake postgraduate study at the University of Oxford. Subject areas may be drawn from a range of fields. Candidates are required to demonstrate a high level of academic achievement, and [...]

October 4, 2011 | 0 Comments More
ASTRO 4A’s Scholarship 2011/2012

ASTRO 4A’s Scholarship 2011/2012

Introduction The Berlin School Executive MBA in Creative Leadership asks new questions and provokes creative and expansive thinking – as opposed to the over-developed, limiting and reductive logical process. There’s a good reason for this. In the last 30 years, the creative industries have emerged as a powerful new force in the world economies and [...]

September 27, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Simple Resignation Letter

Simple Resignation Letter

Are you looking for simple template of resignation letter ? To resign from any position you don’t have to write long letter. Simple and clear letter is good enough. We share few templates for your use. TEMPLATE 1 RESIGNATION The above matter referred. I tender herewith my resignation as xxxx Retails with effect from xxx [...]

September 21, 2011 | 0 Comments More
HR Ministry To Attract Malaysians Abroad To Return Home To Work

HR Ministry To Attract Malaysians Abroad To Return Home To Work

As part of the government strategy to attract Malaysian abroad to return home to work, the Human Resources Ministry is examining factors other than salary that could entice Malaysians abroad to return to work in this country. Given an example of 250,000 Malaysian were currently working in Singapore, of which about 100,000 people were living [...]

September 21, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Potential employers see better grasp of English, but youths lack of confidence

Potential employers see better grasp of English, but youths lack of confidence

The reporter P. ARUNA has reported in the STAR newspaper Potential employers see better grasp of English, but youths lack of confidence. The input was gathered at the Malaysia Career & Training Fair 2011. Read full report here Employers see improvement in the quality of fresh graduates, but worry the youths are not changing fast [...]

September 20, 2011 | 0 Comments More
All can raising retirement age at 60

All can raising retirement age at 60

  We share good article written by Pauline Ng. MALAYSIA is contemplating a move to increase the mandatory retirement age to 60 years to bring employment practices more in line with other jurisdictions. Move would alleviate manpower shortage, increase workers’ funds for retirement More workers: At present, more than 100,000 M’sians retire from formal employment [...]

September 19, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Malaysian Professionals Underpaid

Malaysian Professionals Underpaid

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has conceded that Malaysian professionals are underpaid compared with their counterparts in foreign countries. He said the state of affairs had somewhat deterred efforts to retain as well as attract good talents to work in this country. “Although Malaysian professionals are competent, they are not being paid as [...]

September 14, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Sony EMCS Scholarship 2011

Sony EMCS Scholarship 2011

Sony EMCS (M) Sdn Bhd has over the years attained an outstanding reputation in the global audio visual electronics industry. Our products have positively touched the lives of our precious consumers, pushing technology forward and making life more enjoyable and exciting. Sony EMCS (M) Sdn Bhd is the place for talented people to bring out [...]

September 4, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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