Trade unions laud work from home arrangement, call for guidelines

CORONAVIRUS | Trade unions have proposed that the government provides guidelines involving employers and workers in line with the objective of making successful the working from home arrangement as outlined in the National Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana).

Welcoming the government's initiative in providing the flexible workplace arrangement incentives under Penjana, the Union Network International-Malaysia Labour Centre (UNI-MLC) believed the guidelines should be put in place by the government to facilitate the affairs of all parties and protect the rights of those working from home.

UNI-MLC president Mohamed Shafie BP Mammal said, for example, it was to...