Socso approves 292,033 wage subsidy applications

The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has approved 293,033 applications under the Wage Subsidy Programme (PSU) involving an allocation of RM4.03 billion as of yesterday, said its chief executive officer Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed.

He said the applications, which involved 2.2 million workers, were mostly from employers in the micro industries and small and medium enterprises (SMEs).