SINGAPORE, April 20 — When the Malaysian movement control order (MCO) took effect on March 18, Cannie Leo scrambled here to secure a S$800 (RM2,456) room in Woodlands with a friend, so that she could continue working for a construction firm here. Weeks later, Singapore announced that it was...
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Leo’s employers asked her to take a month of unpaid leave, and the 27-year-old administrative assistant found herself in a fix. Senior sales executive Sue Foong, 32, who lives in Johor and had just delivered her baby in February, shortened her maternity leave and rushed back to Singapore on the eve of the Malaysian lockdown. Her child is currently under the care of her parents in Perak.
From March 12, the Ministry of Manpower made it mandatory for companies to inform them of cost-saving measures, especially if their employees’ monthly salaries are affected.On April 6, Malaysian senior minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Malaysians working in Singapore can only return to the country after being certified to be free of Covid-19 by Singaporean health authorities.
“I had to ask one of my workers to exhaust his annual leave and take no pay leave. He did not mind since he is staying with a relative and does not have to pay rent. I will keep his work permit for now, but we have to compromise,” said Mr Tan.
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