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Pay hike for plantation workers
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PETALING JAYA: Malayan Agriculture Producers Association (Mapa) members have agreed to set a minimum wage of RM650 per month, with an additional remuneration of RM200 per month, bringing total guaranteed minimum earnings to RM850.
The association will raise the wages of 157,270 plantation workers by 10% starting next month.
Mapa president Tan Sri Mohd Noor Ismail said they were negotiating with the Human Resources Ministry and Finance Ministry to exclude the RM200 from
EPF and Socso deductions.
"We want it to be excluded so the employees will have access to the entire RM200.
"We expect discussions to be concluded by early September," he said here yesterday.
Mapa members would provide a subsidy of RM10 per month for employees participating in group insurance for critical illness and a retirement benefit of
14 days' wages for each year of service in addition to statutory EPF contributions.
"Employees in the plantation sector are also provided with benefits like free housing, transport and medical coverage for themselves and their
dependants, which are valued at approximately RM450."
The last pay rise negotiated for general workers was a 10% increase in 2007.
Mohd Noor said the implementation of the proposed wage and additional remuneration would double annual plantation production costs from RM1.1bil to
RM2.2bil.
"The increased production costs will be absorbed by the industry players and not be passed on to the consumers.
"We hope with the guaranteed earnings and improved benefits, locals will be interested in taking up jobs in the plantation sector, reducing our reliance on foreign workers," he said.
Mapa estimated that up to 40% of plantation workers nationwide were foreign workers.
PETALING JAYA: Malayan Agriculture Producers Association (Mapa) members have agreed to set a minimum wage of RM650 per month, with an additional remuneration of RM200 per month, bringing total guaranteed minimum earnings to RM850.
The association will raise the wages of 157,270 plantation workers by 10% starting next month.
Mapa president Tan Sri Mohd Noor Ismail said they were negotiating with the Human Resources Ministry and Finance Ministry to exclude the RM200 from
EPF and Socso deductions.
"We want it to be excluded so the employees will have access to the entire RM200.
"We expect discussions to be concluded by early September," he said here yesterday.
Mapa members would provide a subsidy of RM10 per month for employees participating in group insurance for critical illness and a retirement benefit of
14 days' wages for each year of service in addition to statutory EPF contributions.
"Employees in the plantation sector are also provided with benefits like free housing, transport and medical coverage for themselves and their
dependants, which are valued at approximately RM450."
The last pay rise negotiated for general workers was a 10% increase in 2007.
Mohd Noor said the implementation of the proposed wage and additional remuneration would double annual plantation production costs from RM1.1bil to
RM2.2bil.
"The increased production costs will be absorbed by the industry players and not be passed on to the consumers.
"We hope with the guaranteed earnings and improved benefits, locals will be interested in taking up jobs in the plantation sector, reducing our reliance on foreign workers," he said.
Mapa estimated that up to 40% of plantation workers nationwide were foreign workers.
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