Syed Saddiq Brouhaha Over Minimum Wage
The debate on the minimum wage is a contentious one – with both employees and employers finding themselves on opposite spectrums in a fairly black-white argument whether the minimum wage itself should be raised to RM 1500. Given the high profile nature of the debate, both sides have found themselves allies in Parliament, most prominently Muar MP, Syed Saddiq, who has sided himself with the workers and is an outspoken supporter of raising the minimum wage. He said that it is unfair to dock allowances of those working from home as the practice comes at a cost to employees, Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said. He was responding to the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) which said it is fair to cut the take-home pay of workers who work from home, including cutting transport allowances. "What kind of suggestion is this? Workers who work from home also pay to work.” "They pay (additional) electricity bills and pay for their own Wi-Fi (internet) connection. They also work u...