KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — The government, through the Plantation and Commodities Ministry, is committed to ensuring oil palm plantations have sufficient workforce so that production remains consistent and is not adversely affected.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — The Human Resources Ministry (MOHR), through Talent Corporation Malaysia Bhd (TalentCorp), will conduct a study on companies that have implemented flexible work arrangements (FWA).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — The Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) will focus on regulatory reform, future talent, technology adoption and digitalisation to boost productivity growth in 2024.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — Employers are prepared to implement the progressive wage policy, which will begin on a pilot project basis in June, but cautioned the need to tighten any loose ends before full implementation.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — Malaysian Rating Corporation Bhd (MARC) expects Malaysia's 2024 real gross domestic product (GDP) to grow between 4.0 per cent and 5.0 per cent, with the manufacturing sector as the key driver.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 — Malaysia has a strong potential for robust productivity growth, in line with the 12th Malaysia Plan 2021-2025 (12MP) aspiration towards becoming a high-income nation.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — There is a need for Malaysia to recognise the fact that the labour data, and a great deal of the productivity data, are actually quite misleading in order to grasp the actual economic situation, said economist Dr Jomo Kwame Sundaram.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — Malaysia needs an underlying structural economic transformation to increase productivity growth, according to the World Bank.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — The number of jobs created in 2020 decreased by 31,000 jobs to 73,000 from 104,000 jobs created in 2019, reflecting a softer labour demand from businesses in the private sector, said Department of Statistics Malaysia chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — The Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) has pledged to heighten efforts to create awareness on the Productivity-Linked Wage System (PLWS) and e-Shared Prosperity Organisation (eSPO) Acknowledgement Certificate this year.