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Absorb contract workers into civil service, Opposition MPs urge

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.

Cover Story: Budget 2021 yet to be passed, say Opposition MPs

BUDGET 2021 may have been passed at the policy level during the second reading in parliament last week, but the supply bill has yet to be debated and voted on at the committee level. Moreover, it has to go through a third reading, according to member of parliament for Bangi and opposition lawmaker Ong Kian Ming. Opposition lawmakers have described their action or lack thereof at the second reading as a “tactical move”, given the various amendments to the budget. They did not oppose the budget at that point as they preferred to wait for the committee phase, when items in the budget can be scrutinised in greater detail and debated on before another vote is taken.

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