A TOTAL of 533 employees of the cash-strapped low-cost airline MYAirline Sdn Bhd have applied for Employment Insurance System (SIP) benefits under the Social Security Organisation (Socso) as of yesterday.

Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar said out of that number, Socso has approved 277 applications thus far.

He said his ministry would ensure that MYAirline employees were not oppressed despite the status of their service contract.

“Socso has also done what should be done thus far and is in the process of finding out whether the affected workers have received termination letters and so on,” he told reporters after attending the Socso Run&Ride 2023 in Putrajaya today.

SIP aims to provide financial assistance to workers who have lost their jobs until they find new employment.

Previously, MYAirline announced the suspension of its operations with effect from October 12 until further notice due to financial pressures, pending shareholder restructuring and company recapitalisation.

On November 2, Sosco group chief executive officer Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said the agency has carried out five intervention programmes to help alleviate the problems faced by MYAirline employees. – Bernama, November 19, 2023.