KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — Employers cannot arbitrarily lower job qualification requirements based on employees’ educational qualifications to avoid paying the stipulated starting salaries if amendments to the National Wages Consultative Council Act 2011 (Act 732) are implemented.
Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan said the amendments would incorporate educational qualification levels to enable the mandatory setting of minimum starting salaries for graduates in the future.
“Once this element is incorporated, employers cannot simply or arbitrarily disregard employees’ qualifications when determining their positions,” he said during the question-and-answer session in the Dewan Rakyat today.
