Netizens share how employers ignore work-from-home SOP

“KKM ke bayar gaji bulan-bulan?”(Is the Health Ministry paying your monthly wage?)

The above was part of a tweet that was posted on May 20, in which a Twitter user revealed how his employer responded when asked if he could work from home.

At the time of writing, the tweet has garnered nearly 21,000 likes and was retweeted over 16,500 times, with Malaysians sharing their experience of how their employers have forced them to come to work, even though they were in the non-essential sectors.

Senior Minister (Security) Ismail Sabri Yaakob recently announced that 80 percent of government staff and 40 percent of the private sector...