Don’t sack employees because of Covid-19, urges king


Chan Kok Leong

Parliament is only sitting for a day because of the Covid-19 pandemic. There was only the royal address today. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, May 18, 2020.

EMPLOYERS should not use Covid-19 as an excuse to sack their employees, said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as he called on all Malaysians to sacrifice for the sake of the country.

“I understand that many industries and businesses are affected because of the virus outbreak. However, I urge employers not to lay off their workers arbitrarily.


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  • Open and close sitting within one hour. Its a world record.

    Posted 3 years ago by Alex Lim

  • Agong s suggestion to support 260 billion package is laudable but in a democracy 260 billion issue need to be debated in parliment And all views to be taken .

    Posted 3 years ago by Shahul Hameed Abdul Wahab

  • Is todays parliment sitting contitutional?

    Posted 3 years ago by Shahul Hameed Abdul Wahab