KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang today questioned the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government for its unwillingness to work with Opposition parties in the war against Covid-19 pandemic. He said this after two Opposition MPs DAP MP Hannah Yeoh and PKR MP Chang Lih Kang .
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KUALA LUMPUR: Contract workers in schools, hospitals and other government entities should be absorbed into the civil service to better protect their rights as employees, say Opposition MPs.
Tanjung Malim MP Chang Lih Kang said most contract workers had problems including their employers refusal to contribute to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) while some even paid salaries lower than the minimum wage.
He said the government had paid contractors RM1.5bil in 2019 but only RM1bil trickled down to the contract workers.
Chang added that if the government absorbed them, they could save RM500mil which could be used for administration and management purposes.