Budget 2027 landed on 9 October with the usual flood of numbers. For HR and payroll, only a handful actually change what you do, but […]
EIS Just Got More Generous. Here’s What Changed
On 1 October 2026, the Employment Insurance System changed. Following the Employment Insurance System (Amendment) Act 2026, gazetted on 15 September 2026, contributors who lose […]
The Retrenchment Payout Is a Formula, Not a Negotiation
When a company retrenches, the conversation around the final payout tends to drift in one of two wrong directions. Either it is treated as a […]
Part-Time Payroll Is Not Just Full-Time Divided
The habit is easy to fall into. You hire someone part-time, agree an hourly rate, multiply the hours worked, and pay that. It feels like […]
HRDF Levy: The Money You Can Claim Back
The One Deduction You Are Allowed to Take Back Every statutory payment a company makes is money gone. EPF, SOCSO, EIS, PCB, all of it […]
The Perks on Your Payslip That Are Quietly Taxed
The “Extra” That Comes With a Tax Bill Employers hand out allowances and perks as goodwill, a phone subsidy here, a car there, a housing […]
Lindung 24 Jam vs Medical Insurance: Why You Need Both
The Deduction People Are Cancelling Without Understanding It There is a small new line on Malaysian payslips, and a lot of employees are opting out […]
The Government Will Pay You to Raise Wages. Here’s the Catch
An Offer That Sounds Too Good Imagine a scheme where the government hands you up to RM200 a month for every entry-level employee, and up […]
Late Salary Is Wage Theft
The Breach Everyone Has Agreed to Call Cash Flow In a lot of Malaysian companies, payday is a range, not a date. Salaries land “by […]