Workers not qualified for minimum wages can make claims

KUALA LUMPUR - Workers who have yet to receive minimum wages that were implemented in January this year, have the right to claim for such payments from their employers, said Deputy Human Resource Minister Datuk Ismail Abd Mutallib.

He told the Dewan Rakyat sitting that the claims could be made under the labour case with the Labour Department, which could investigate and take action concerning minimum wages.

"If the employer fails to prove mimimum wages have been paid to the workers who sought claims, an order will be issued to the employer to pay the outstanding wages claimed," he said when replying to Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid during the question-and-answer session.

Ismail said up till Oct 31, 970 claims relating to the failure of the employer to fulfil the minimum wage order was received nationwide.