July 1 new date for micro businesses to pay RM1.5k minimum wage

Employers with fewer than five employees on their payroll now have until July 1 next year to start paying the new minimum wage of RM1,500, according to Human Resources Minister V Sivakumar.

This is the second extension granted on the new minimum wage gazetted in April, after an initial extension from May 1 to Jan 1.

Sivakumar (above) in a statement said the...