Employees plead to be allowed to work from home


Elill Easwaran

A man works from home during the first MCO in March 2020. Employees are frightened they will lose their jobs if they refuse to come to the office, as some employers are demanding – despite clear instructions from the government to adhere to work from home rules. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 28, 2021.

EMPLOYERS are forcing their staff to come to the office despite a government directive to increase the work-from-home (WFH) numbers under the stricter movement control order (MCO 3.0).

Employees who spoke to The Malaysian Insight said their pleas to be allowed to WFH have fallen on deaf ears, adding they were worried about increased exposure to Covid-19, which is now spreading in the community.


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