Mercredi, 2 Octobre 2024
Invalidity and survivors’ benefits have recently been extended to migrant workers in Malaysia effective 1 July 2024. The ILO’s Simon Brimblecombe explains why this is an important step forward that will benefit workers, employers, and Malaysia alike.
Mardi, 8 Mars 2022
Flexible workplace policies might help improve gender gaps in employment but they can also weaken women's position in the labour market.
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Vendredi, 4 Mars 2022
Children are one of the most important resources for driving Malaysia’s future growth. Unfortunately, child-related indicators have deteriorated in recent years. The economic fallout induced by COVID-19 will aggravate the situation if the status quo...
Dimanche, 6 Frévrier 2022
Malaysian politicians have long reminded us that we will soon achieve high-income country status. But the vulnerable, often silent majority has largely felt left out and various vulnerabilities are more acutely felt by this growing “precariat”.
The...
Mardi, 11 Janvier 2022
Women and young people were hit the hardest by job losses during the pandemic but some governments used innovative policies to improve the situation.
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Vendredi, 31 Décembre 2021
The government, together with the insurance and takaful industry, will offer all eligible Bantuan Keluarga Malaysia (BKM) recipients for next year in the household, single and senior citizen categories a RM75 Perlindungan Tenang Voucher (PTV) from...
Mardi, 23 Novembre 2021
New and innovative social protection solutions are urgently required to strike a balance between the provision of safety nets, promote financial resilience and human capital development, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Mardi, 23 Novembre 2021
New and innovative social protection solutions are urgently required to strike a balance between the provision of safety nets, promote financial resilience and human capital development, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Jeudi, 18 Novembre 2021
In an EMIR Research article, “Budget 2022 – towards a more comprehensive welfare system” (November 3, 2021), we had called for there to be put in place “a comprehensive and systematic welfare system that caters and meets the needs of all segments of...
Mercredi, 3 Novembre 2021
COVID is forcing us to rethink and recalibrate our approach because many people have lost their income, their jobs, their family members, their assets and their savings. This has led to poverty, poor health and much more unbearable situations to the...
