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Malaysia’s New Minimum Wage Rate for 2025: What Employers and Workers Need to Know

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Malaysia’s new minimum wage for 2025 brings higher pay rates and new compliance deadlines for employers.

Thailand’s New Minimum Wage for 2025: What Businesses and Workers Need to Know

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Learn how Thailand’s new minimum wage for 2025, ranging from 337 to 400 baht per day, impacts workers and businesses across the country.

National Wage Council Urges Wage Hike for Lower-Income Workers in Singapore

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Singapore’s National Wage Council advises 5.5-7.5% pay rise for lower-income workers. Discover how this impacts businesses and wage practices.

Regional Minimum Wages to Increase Across Vietnam 2024

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Vietnam’s Ministry of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs has proposed a six percent increase in the minimum wage, effective July 1, 2024.

Singapore Budget 2023: Impact for Employees

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Singapore’s 2023 budget provides an array of support for local employees. This includes co-funding worker wages and encouraging the reskilling of employees.

Thailand Increases Daily Minimum Wage Rates for 2022

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Thailand has increased the daily minimum wage rates across all its provinces by an average of five percent.

Indonesia Increases Minimum Wage for 2022

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Indonesia has increased the average minimum wage of each province by 1.09 percent for 2022. The figure was obtained through the new guidelines on minimum wage under Government Regulation 36 of 2021 (GR 36/2021).

Indonesia’s Omnibus Law: Provisions on Minimum Wage

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Indonesia’s GR 36/2021 has eliminated the sectoral minimum wage while establishing a provision for hourly pay for part-time workers.

Minimum Wages in ASEAN for 2021

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Due to the pandemic, many ASEAN members did not raise their minimum wages or did not raise them significantly.

Cambodia’s 2021 Minimum Wage: Increased for Textile and Garment Sectors

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As of January 1, 2021, Cambodia’s monthly minimum wage rate for regular workers is US$192, an increase from US$190 in 2020.

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