Labour market situation throughout the first quarter of 2022 had encouraged more demand in the economy, hence had stimulated the increase in labour demand and subsequently increased the number of employed persons and reduced unemployment as reported in Labour Market Review, First Quarter 2021. This report also features an article entitled “Preliminary Review of the Relationship Between Real Wages and Labour Productivity".
Release Date : Friday 20, May 2022 1200
In the first quarter of 2022, Malaysia’s labour productivity as measured by value added per hour worked grew at a marginal rate of 0.3 per cent (Q4 2021: 1.3%).
Release Date : Thursday 19, May 2022 1200
In Q1 2022, total jobs in the economic sector were 8.572 million jobs, increased by 1.8 per cent as compared to 8.424 million jobs in Q1 2021. The rate of filled jobs decreased to 97.8 per cent to record 8.388 million filled jobs in this quarter (Q1 2021: 97.9%) whereas the rate of job vacancies was 2.2, increased by 0.1 percentage point (Q1 2021: 2.1%) with 184 thousand job vacancies (Q1 2021: 178 thousand). The number of jobs created in Q1 2022 increased to 25.8 thousand as compared to 17.4 thousand in the first quarter of 2021. On a quarterly basis, the number of jobs created had increased from 20.9 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2021 to 25.8 thousand in this quarter.
Release Date : Wednesday 11, May 2022 1200
A THRIVING LABOUR FORCE SCENARIO OBSERVED IN MARCH 2022 REFLECTS THE STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL RECOVERY PLAN AS A CORE CATALYST TO REINFORCE ECONOMY AND LABOUR MARKET
Release Date : Tuesday 10, May 2022 1200
Unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2022 declined to 4.1 per cent with number of unemployed reduced to 671.2 thousand persons.
Release Date : Tuesday 10, May 2022 1200
HEALTHIER GROWTH OF MALAYSIA’S LABOUR FORCE IN 2021 FOLLOWING CONTINUOUS RESUMPTIONS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AMID TARGETED CONTAIMENT MEASURES TO MANAGE THE UNCERTAIN OF CURRENT HEALTH CRISIS
Release Date : Wednesday 27, April 2022 1200
Release Date : Monday 28, February 2022 1200
In 2020, 85.0 per cent of the 5.36 million graduates in Malaysia were in the labour force while 15.0 per cent are outside labour force. Graduates Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) increased 1.5 percentage points in 2020 (85.0%) from 2019 (83.5%).
Release Date : Tuesday 27, July 2021 1200
Mean monthly salaries & wages fell 9.0 per cent in 2020, the first time decline since the series began in 2010
Release Date : Wednesday 14, July 2021 1200
Employment in the informal sector in 2019 recorded 1.26 million people, contributed 8.3 per cent of employment in Malaysia
Release Date : Thursday 23, July 2020 1200
This publication presents the Employment and Salaries & Wages Statistics obtained from Annual Economic Survey 2018 for reference year 2017 covers employees working in the formal private sector in Malaysia. In this publication, the Employment and Salaries & Wages Statistics are analysed from various dimensions.
Release Date : Monday 30, December 2019 1800