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PUTRAJAYA, March 3 (Bernama) — The government has been urged to review the employees scheme at three institutions under the science, technology and innovation ministry (MOSTI).
They were the Malaysian Institute of Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals, Agro-Biotechnology Institute Malaysia and the Malaysian Genome Institute.
Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (CUEPACS) president, Azih Muda said the three would be combined under the National Institute of Biotechnology Malaysia (NIBM).
“Among the workers’ schemes which are seen as unjust to the workers are salary, pension, gratuity qualification and medical benefits which are not the same as before corporatisation,” he told a media conference near Putrajaya, Monday night.
On Feb 17, Azih had asked MOSTI to postpone the corporatisation of the three institutes until March 1, and seek the best solution to the issue to protect the welfare of the staff. However, the move went ahead.
In this regard, CUEPACS had alerted Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa to the issue, he said.
Azih said CUEPACS regretted the action of the managements of the institutes which were seen as forcing the 71 personnel to sign the corporate scheme at the end of February.
“After being pressured by the highest level of management to accept the offer or be terminated and not paid any salary, the workers had no choice but to sign up,” he said.
Source: Bernama
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