Govt behind violations of struggling sole breadwinner mum - PSM

A sole breadwinner mother with two children, a stroke victim husband and a cancer patient mother to care for, is desperate for her salary to comply with the latest minimum wage order.

However, this contract cleaner at a school in rural Perak, who continues to draw a meagre monthly salary of RM1,100, is in a dilemma because it is the government that is the bad paymaster.

“Siti (not her real name) is still earning a monthly salary of RM1,100, which was the minimum wage implemented in 2019...