{"id":6753,"date":"2022-04-27T09:44:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T08:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&p=6753"},"modified":"2022-04-27T09:44:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T08:44:08","slug":"uni-rebuffs-malaysian-employers-push-to-cut-pay-for-those-working-from-home","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/uni-rebuffs-malaysian-employers-push-to-cut-pay-for-those-working-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"UNI REBUFFS MALAYSIAN EMPLOYERS’ PUSH TO CUT PAY FOR THOSE WORKING FROM HOME"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNI Global Union affiliate, the UNI Malaysian Liaison Council (MLC) is pushing back against a shocking suggestion from the Malaysian Employers Federation to cut the salaries of workers who are opting to work from home as the economy is re-opening.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

UNI MLC President Datuk Mohamed Shafie BP Mammal spoke up strongly against the idea, saying,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cWorking from home does not mean working for less!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

The\u00a0local media<\/a>\u00a0picked up his comments:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cIn the last two years of the pandemic, workers cooperated with their employers and didn\u2019t complain when they got their salaries slashed.\u00a0They also didn\u2019t demand for neither an increment nor bonus because they understood times were tough across the board and continued working as usual from home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cAfter making sacrifices for their employers, (the) MEF now wants to punish workers. Bear in mind that employees were not holidaying, but they took work back home.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The MEF proposed work from home employees should have their pay reduced by 10-12 per cent. The employers try to justify this unnecessary wage cut by saying that some companies provide transport allowance, and if the workers do not commute to work, the portion of the allowance should be reduced.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Mohamed Shafie hit back by citing that during the pandemic, many workers incurred higher household expenses when performing remote work and were doing so in \u2018inconducive\u2019 environment.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

UNI released its\u00a0Remote Work Principles<\/a>\u00a0earlier in February 2021 to help guide unions when negotiating their collective bargaining agreements during the pandemic. Comprising ten recommendations, of which four are particularly pertinent in addressing the MEF\u2019s proposal:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n