TAPAH – The Human Resources Ministry will launch an e-wages system in the near future to ensure that all workers in the country, including foreign workers, are paid their salaries and wages as promised by employers.
Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said his team had a meeting with the Home Ministry to finetune the system, currently in the final stages, before it can be implemented.
“This system is expected to regulate employers who do not pay or are late in paying salaries to employees in all sectors, which is often an issue in the country.
“Once we start practicing the e-wages system, we will get early information if employers, who are required to pay their employee salaries before the 7th of each month, do not pay (within the stipulated period),” he said.
Saravanan said this at a press conference at the Tapah sports complex today, when commenting on allegations of employers lodging reports with the Immigration Department to conduct raids on their foreign workers as a way to avoid paying salaries.
He thanked the Home Ministry for agreeing to share preliminary information on whether employers had paid salaries before their employees lodged complaints.
“Although the Human Resources Ministry is responsible for defending the fate of workers, whether they are locals or foreigners, we were previously hampered as we did not have access to evaluate the issue using the Home Ministry’s existing platform.
“With their agreement to share the platform, we will get early information when we begin the e-wages system. There will be no need to wait for complaints from employees because as soon as employers fail to pay, we will get information and we will take action,” he explained. – Bernama, April 10, 2021
