Minimum salary scheme review to be finalised in August

The revision of the minimum salary scheme will be finalised in August, said Human Resource Deputy Minister, Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Mutalib.

He said the scheme review process was now in the final stage and the announcement of the results would be made by Human Resource Minister Datuk Richard Riot Jaem.

"The government provided opportunities and adequate time for employers and employees to give their views until May and the results of the review will be announced by the Minister of Human Resources," he told reporters after the presentation of spectacles to 53 senior citizens at Dewan Dun Lui here, today.

According to Ismail the minimum wage revision was made every two years by the National Wages Consultative Council coordinating discussions involving employers, workers, the World Bank and the International Labour Organisation.

The implementation of the minimum wage, which would benefit 1.4 million private sector workers in this country should have been implemented in January 2013, but had to be postponed because most employers were not ready for the scheme.