PETALING JAYA: Foreign workers coming into Malaysia should undergo mandatory health screening in their own country that is similar to the one carried out by Fomema to strengthen the nation’s health safety net against communicable diseases, says the Association of Employment Agencies Malaysia (Papa).
KUALA LUMPUR: SME Association of Malaysia (SME Malaysia) is urging the government to focus on measures to ease the cash flow of pandemic-hit small and medium enterprises (SMEs) when tabling the upcoming Budget 2022.
Social distancing norms a big worry for small & micro business units
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The latest MCCIA survey of industries in Pune indicated that 51% companies had reached production at pre-Covid levels and 20% more were set to achieve it by May.
The work force that has returned to work in the large companies also stands at 91%.
PUNE: An analysis of the recent survey of industries by the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) reveals that the actual percentage of recovery could have been far better had the micro and small units been kept out of the study ambit.
This is because the larger companies have reported a production of 90% their capacity in February. The work force that has returned to work in the large companies also stands at 91%. The medium enterprises have also reported production of 88% and a workforce of 89%. In comparison, production in the micro and small units continues to be at 55% and 78%, respectively, in February (See gra
Tuesday, 19 Jan 2021
Federation of Manufacturers Malaysia (FMM) president Tan Sri Soh Thian Lai said the extension of the wage subsidy was something the industry looked forward to although FMM would have hoped for the extension to be for a three-month period as there would be a cascading impact on business even after operations have resumed post-MCO.
PETALING JAYA: At a time when the business community is still reeling from the impact of Covid-19 and the first movement control order (MCO) last year, the re-imposition of such restrictions since Jan 13 began worrying companies on their business continuity and sustainability.
Most of them got to breathe a sigh of relief yesterday when Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced the RM15bil “Perlindungan Ekonomi dan Rakyat Malaysia” (Permai) assistance package.