The government’s guidelines stipulate that only 60% of employees in selected sectors can report to the office.
Some RM$500 million would be allocated to the unemployed, benefiting around 1 million recipients who will each receive RM$500.
They also called on the Australian government to provide such leave to casual and contract workers.
A survey revealed that only 16% of SMEs expect their businesses to recover only in 2023, citing movement restrictions as dampening business demand.
Earlier in June, India issued an advisory to encourage WFH for all nursing mothers for at least a year, in jobs where remote work is possible.
India has fallen 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries in gender gap parity, according to a World Economic Forum report.
With continued economic recovery, the central bank intends to move away from industry-wide credit reliefs to more targeted support measures.
The Australian central bank is committed to maintaining a monetary policy that will support the country’s employment and inflation goals.
To speed up the vaccination rate in the country, a nationwide plan allows companies and universities to run their own vaccination drives.
These are workers who were not able to work due the lockdown, and each will receive about US$40 as part of the social assistance programme.
The government still has a balance of RM$6 billion for its wage subsidy programme, which can guarantee wage payments for 2.7 million workers.
The Minimum Wage Commission reported that the current minimum hourly wage rate of 8,720 won (US$7.69) is not sufficient to cover the cost of living.
The digital system will be able to automate and combine various payroll, compensation and deduction functions into one simple application.
Enforcement authorities create more confusion, instead of allowing employers to focus on carrying out their duties, said the MEF president.
The number of employed women rose by 69,000, while the number of employed men increased by 46,000.
Workers cannot be cross-deployed to multiple worksites, and employers need to implement flexible working hours and staggered start times.
Some 1,000 essential workers from Metro Manila and another thousand from other regions are expected to benefit from the programme.
This follows after the nation extended its movement control order (MCO) 3.0 for another two weeks from June 15 to June 28.
6,500 workers have received special and been awarded with a dedicated technical and vocational certificate, in preparation for re-employment.
72.59% of manufacturers want a business tax break, while 71.25% would like to receive wage subsidies to help them meet their payroll costs, a survey finds.
In place of higher wages, companies are instead offering one-off bonuses and flexible working arrangements, says the Reserve Bank of Australia.
40.2% of Japanese people aged 60 and above want to work or continue in their jobs, a government survey has found.
It proposed a one-month state of emergency where all economic activities are halted, while essential services continue to operate at 50% capacity.
The debt moratorium has been extended from June 30 to December, and will be applicable to SMEs hit by the economic uncertainty due to the pandemic.
Companies participating in the programme that sees their employees vaccinated need to pay for the additional costs involved.
Across the country, Japan aims to achieve a national average of ¥1,000 per hour and narrow the pay gap between regions.
Over the period, payroll jobs showed the largest increase in Queensland and the Northern Territory, each rising by 0.6% and 0.5% respectively.
Businesses are advised to stagger the start times of employees and implement flexible working hours, and refrain from cross-deploying workers.
The number of unemployed persons in April totalled 742,700 persons, falling by 0.1 percentage point or 10,500 persons month-on-month.
Fathers will be able to take a total of four weeks off within eight weeks of their child’s birth, and can choose to split the period into two breaks.