<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（布城19日讯）人力资源部呼吁雇主优先延聘60岁以上的工人。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>人力资源部长古拉表示：“我已经告诉我的机构，要留住那些希望继续工作的60岁以上员工，并提供更大灵活性的工作时间。”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>他今日在首个国家薪金指数（NWI）推介礼上说，国家不应该让老年工人的才能和经验白白浪费，因为他们对经济仍有很大的贡献。</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>古拉还说，政府将把重点放在提高妇女和残疾人士的劳动参与率，并称有必要找到一种“双赢”的局面，以鼓励雇主增加女性就业，包括家庭主妇。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>同时，他指出，新推出的NWI预计将成为雇主和雇员评估加薪和市场价值的基准，以及政府监督薪资调整和修订未来最低薪金的基准。</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“NWI的发展符合政府加强大马劳动力市场的努力，即改革工人的薪金架构，使之更加公平和透明。”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>“我希望NWI将是有效的，并作为雇主和投资者制定雇员薪金架构和水平的指南。”</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>劳动力市场信息研究所（Institute of Labour Market Information）将每季度发布NWI报告。</p></div>

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<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>（编译：陈慧珊）</p></div>


（布城19日讯）人力资源部呼吁雇主优先延聘60岁以上的工人。

人力资源部长古拉表示：“我已经告诉我的机构，要留住那些希望继续工作的60岁以上员工，并提供更大灵活性的工作时间。”

他今日在首个国家薪金指数（NWI）推介礼上说，国家不应该让老年工人的才能和经验白白浪费，因为他们对经济仍有很大的贡献。

古拉还说，政府将把重点放在提高妇女和残疾人士的劳动参与率，并称有必要找到一种“双赢”的局面，以鼓励雇主增加女性就业，包括家庭主妇。

同时，他指出，新推出的NWI预计将成为雇主和雇员评估加薪和市场价值的基准，以及政府监...

政府呼吁雇主聘60岁以上工人

MKH Oil Palm (East Kalimantan) Bhd’s initial public offering (IPO) has been oversubscribed by 8.43 times, ahead of its listing on the Bursa Malaysia Main Market on April 30.

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Cities are facing a growing number of crises that cannot be resolved by traditional means. These include the challenges of coexisting with significant cultural differences and diversity, developing the sustainability agenda and discovering the city’s role and purpose on an economic, cultural and ...

Shaping Kuala Lumpur into a creative city

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