NST Leader: Employment law

WHAT is good for the employees must be good, too, for the employers. Apparently not, judging from employers’ reaction to the recent amendments to the Employment Act (EA) 1955. Employees want the Employment (Amendment) Act 2022 (EAA) to come into effect in January, but employers would like the government to rethink its implementation date. Employers vs employees? We thought they were on the same side. The word used by the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) is “reschedule”.