PM: More than half of EIS claims from poor, hardcore poor workers

PARLIAMENT | Over 50 percent of Employment Insurance Scheme (EIS) claims filed as of Dec 3 were from workers who earned RM2,000 or less a month, according to Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

He said the workers, identified as poor and hardcore poor, were among 101,385 retrenched employees who filed claims for compensation.

"This (overall number) is higher in comparison to...