KUALA LUMPUR: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and GoGet Malaysia are collaborating to protect and prepare gig workers known as GoGetters for retirement through the launch of an integrated savings programme.
janina, thank you so much for being here. let s talk about this. what does it many to you to get this money, what does it mean to your kids that you have this money? well, i mean, i am, like so many of the 40 million other people in america who live paycheck to paycheck, this $750 a month meant for the very first time ever i was able to pay all of my utilities and my rent and still make sure that my kids had glasses and clothes to wear to school. it meant i could still have food on the table and pay all of our utilities. it meant i didn t have to choose between paying one bill or the other or waiting until i got a shutoff notice. and it meant that i could spend more time with my kids, as a gig worker and so many other tip workers in the u.s., i very much can t miss any work or we can t pay the bills. what is your message to lawmakers who say, you know what, this costs too much money. i feel like a lot of times