More than 40,000 lost jobs this year, minister says


Kamdar workers wait to check-in for work, in Kuala Lumpur, September 7. More than 40,000 cases of loss of employment were recorded up to August this year, Human Resources Minister M. Saravanan says. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, September 7, 2021.

A TOTAL of 40,680 cases of loss of employment (LOE) have been recorded in the country as of August this year, with an average of 5,811 cases per month, said Human Resources Minister M. Saravanan.

He said the Social Security Organisation (Socso)’s Employment Insurance System is monitoring the trend on a daily basis in order to provide protection to workers who have lost their jobs for various reasons.


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