Minimum Salary In Malaysia 2019
Malaysia s minimum wage is the lowest amount a worker can be legally paid for his work.
Minimum salary in malaysia 2019. The current minimum wage is rm1 000 in peninsular malaysia and rm920 in sarawak and sabah. The prime minister s department said in a statement on wednesday that the. Most countries have a nation wide minimum wage that all workers must be paid.
The monthly minimum wage rate was increased by 5 7 percent from january 1 2020 higher than the 2019 hike of 5 3 percent. Prior to this the minimum wages order 2016 decided that the minimum wage was about rm1 000 a month in peninsular malaysia and rm920 a month in sabah sarawak and federal territory of labuan. Kuala lumpur nov 2 after workers protested against the minimum wage quantum set at rm1 050 monthly the government today raised it to rm1 100 starting january 1 next year.
As a result of the new increase region i urban hanoi and ho chi minh city registered the highest minimum wage of vnd 4 200 000 us 190 while region iv was the lowest with vnd 3 070 000 us 132. The country sets a different minimum wage level across its four regions. The minimum wages order amendment 2018 came into effect on jan 1 2019 providing for a minimum wage set at rm1 100 per month or at rm5 29 per hour for workers paid at the hourly rate.
Rm1000 per month or rm4 81 per hour on the peninsula and rm920 per month or rm4 42 per hour for the states of sabah sarawak and labuan. The government has mandated that the new rm1 200 monthly minimum wage be implemented on jan 1 2020 in 57 cities and towns across malaysia. In releasing the list of 57 cities and towns that will be affected yesterday listed below the ministry of human resources mohr said in a statement that the minimum wage would remain at rm1 100 a month in areas that are not considered part of these.
Malaysia will have a uniformed minimum wage of rm1 050 per month or rm5 05 per hour starting next year.
