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Gig Workers Act 2025

Platform providers slow on Socso protection for gig workers

Socso issues reminder as only 2 percent of 1.2 million gig workers registered for social security coverage

TPAD urges Home Ministry to reform safety protocols as e-hailing drivers caught in enforcement dragnet

Group warns innocent drivers face arrests and income loss, calls for clearer SOPs and stronger platform accountability

Ramanan: Ministry held 400 consultations, MTUC must sort internal split

Human Resources minister defends extensive stakeholder engagement and questions union’s inconsistent positions

Policymakers, platform firms, and worker groups make up Gig Advisory Council

Appointments run from April 2026 to March 2029, according to federal gazette

Ramanan: Gig Tribunal, advisory council set up under Gig Workers Act 2025

HR minister says new bodies will handle disputes and set income standards as law takes effect for 1.64 million workers

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Several top athletes aim for salaries that could outpace even the highest-earning footballers, raising questions about the sustainability of funding within Malaysian sports

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Human rights group reveals event at JW Marriott for controversial Dongmei Zone, which allegedly sourced billions of ringgit in investments from prominent individuals, and reported by Chinese human trafficking victim to be rife with crime, drugs, brothels

Agong’s warning on ‘flying coffins’: A look back at Malaysia’s Skyhawk jet fiasco – A. Azim Idris

Sultan Ibrahim highlighted the costly A-4 Skyhawk deal as a lesson in scrapping the procurement of 30-year-old Black Hawk choppers, urging Malaysia to avoid past failures in defence strategies