Labour Policy Reforms Needed In Budget 2024

Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan, Executive Director, Malaysian Employers Federation

06-Oct-23 08:30

Labour Policy Reforms Needed In Budget 2024

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With Budget 2024 slated to be tabled next Friday, we speak to different industry leaders to find out what is on their wish list. Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan, the Executive Director of the Malaysian Employers Federation shares with us what the private sector employers hope to see from Budget 2024, how they intend to reduce the gender gap in the labour force and the transition to a more sustainable business environment.

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Tags: budget 2024, policy reforms, labour policy, progressive wage policy, gender gap, belanjawan 2024, budget-2024-mahsing,

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