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KUALA LUMPUR: The Social Security Organization (Socso) received 345 complaints against employers regarding payments under the Wage Subsidy Program (PSU), with 155 cases involving false claims and PSU misuse.
Vice Minister of Human Resources Awang Hashim said that, as of October 30, 331,950 applications had been received from employers under PSU involving 2.7 million employees.
“Socso has received 345 cases of complaints against employers regarding payments under the PSU involving RM19,986,200. From the complaints received, Socso has identified 155 cases of false claims and misuse of PSU funds to take action to reclaim payments from employers.
“The ministry will temporarily suspend payments to employers involved in false claims until the investigation into the complaints is completed,” he said today in a question-and-answer session at Dewan Rakyat.
He said this to answer a question from Datuk Mahfuz Omar (PH-Pokok Sena) about the number of identified employers making false claims under PSU.
Meanwhile, responding to a question from Nurul Izzah Anwar (PH-Permatang Pauh) about amending the Employment Law of 1955, Awang said that his ministry was in the final stages of amending the law by creating several new provisions. .
It includes amendments that prohibit discrimination against employees, extend the period of maternity leave, prohibit termination of employment due to pregnancy, introduce flexible work hours, and create a seven-day paternity leave.
“A Technical Committee for the amendment of the Employment Law of 1955 was also established under the National Labor Advisory Council and has already met to examine and detail the proposed amendments to this law,” he said.
However, he said that job applicants were not covered by the Employment Act of 1955, as it covered employees who entered or established an employment relationship with an employer through a “service contract.” – Called
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