Human resources minister says Covid-19 employee retention scheme still on
Saturday, 02 May 2020 12:23 PM MYTHuman Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan says the Employment Retention Programme under Socso is still on and remains open to any employer that wishes to apply. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
“For your information, as of May 1, 2020, Socso has received 27,222 applications from employers involving 230,652 employees.Saravanan said the allocation provided by the government for the ERP is RM120 million. The post was in apparent response to a Twitter user who had asked the agency to confirm if an April 23 notice of the ERP’s closure was true.
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