SME group: Increased employers’ EPF contributions will do more harm than good

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SME group: Increased employers’ EPF contributions will do more harm than good
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — The Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia (Samenta) has urged the government to reject demands to increase employers’ EPF contributions in...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — The Small and Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia has urged the government to reject demands to increase employers’ EPF contributions in a statement released today.

“We urge the Cabinet to reject this opportunistic demand by that fringe workers group, and instead focus on creating higher value jobs for Malaysians and helping Malaysian businesses and workers to be more productive,” he said. “A responsible government cannot keep being held hostage by opportunistic groups, and our businesses must not partake in this ‘give and take’ approach every time a non-sensical proposal is fielded,” he said.

“We must remember that our SMEs have had to endure two rounds of increment in minimum wages since 2020, despite Covid-19, despite a severe dip in our GDP and despite a drop in labour productivity.

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