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PETALING JAYA: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has questioned how Putrajaya’s work from home affecting certain workers would help the Ministry of Health’s public health measures.
In a statement today, Anwar said the directive did not make sense as it allowed management staff to stay home while operational-level employees worked on site as usual.
“How does this help public health measures, and at the expense of manual workers?”
He also reiterated his call for the loan moratorium to be reinstated, to help businesses and individuals survive, adding that the extension should last for the next few months.
Citing recent figures from Retail Group Malaysia, he said that roughly 51,000 retail stores, or 15% of the industry, will not be able to survive beyond the next four to five months due to the pandemic.
“The government must show firm leadership by extending the moratorium for another three months, as the economy has yet to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, especially with the rebound in new cases.
“Additional measures are required to keep small businesses afloat and wages flowing to workers until the motion control order (MCO) ends.
“In fact, it is telling that the government has been silent about protecting lower income groups and is instead focusing on protecting large corporations,” he said.
He also criticized the government for confusion over work-from-home SOPs for workers involved in management and supervision in the public and industrial sectors in areas under conditional OLS (CMCO).
He said Putrajaya should issue clear statements with appropriate clarifications to avoid causing unnecessary distress to companies and individuals already going through a difficult time.
“It does not instill confidence both domestically and among foreign investors when important statements are made without proper follow-up and clarification.”
On Tuesday, Chief Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that working from home in CMCO areas was to reduce the number of people in workplaces, following the detection of several Covid-19 clusters at the site. of work.
Yesterday, the Ministry of Industry and International Trade issued more details about the work order from home, stating that 10% of administration and supervision staff in the finance, administration, human resources and IT departments could enter the office, but only between 10 am and 2 pm and for a maximum of three days a week.
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