
Malaysia Allocates Cash Aid and Hikes Minimum Wage in Budget 2027
Direct cash handouts for 2.3 million civil servants and pensioners accompany a national minimum wage increase to RM2,000 scheduled for June 2027.
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Direct cash handouts for 2.3 million civil servants and pensioners accompany a national minimum wage increase to RM2,000 scheduled for June 2027.

Vietnam’s National Wage Council has proposed a minimum wage increase of nearly $7-9 per month across all four levels in 2019. Overall, the average increase across the four levels will be 5.3 percent. All members of the National Wage Council (NWC) on Monday…

Two of the Moon Jae-in administration’s top economic officials are at odds over the minimum wage increase’s impact on hiring, raising concerns among experts about the government’s future policy direction. “I think the minimum wage increase must have had an…
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