Tuesday, January 11, 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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Wednesday, November 3, 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...
Friday, October 15, 2021
ALTHOUGH the flexibility offered by the gig economy has encouraged more Malaysians to be self-employed during recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic reveals the vulnerability of the social protection system in Malaysia.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
The Covid-19 crisis has exposed huge gaps in Malaysia’s social protection system not just for the B40 but also for the M40. It showed that people are vulnerable even if they appear to be quite wealthy and it has been a shock that can hopefully be a...
Friday, October 1, 2021
Klang MP Charles Santiago has urged the government to come up with a workers’ insurance scheme for informal sectors and improve the state of social security for older communities.
He said that in order to tackle the situation, the government must...
Sunday, August 29, 2021
Social protection includes policies, programmes and measures aimed at ensuring a basic standard of living for a nation’s people, and protecting them against major shocks such as serious illnesses, injury and unemployment. The Covid-19 pandemic that...
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Social protection includes policies, programmes and measures aimed at ensuring a basic standard of living for a nation's people and protecting people against major shocks such as serious illnesses, injury and unemployment.
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
There is a need to reimagine social protection for the most vulnerable as unemployment rate among head of households doubled to 15% in December. The government will need to provide more targeted assistance to lower-income families in urban...
Monday, January 18, 2021
The Wage Subsidy Programme 3.0 under the Social Security Organisation (Socso) will be improved, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Thursday, November 5, 2020
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The resilience of Malaysians faces its sternest test in decades, as pandemic, political and economic...