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<\/p>\nPETALING JAYA: Hasnah Mohamed and Siti Aisyah Azman were thrilled to hear news that those seeking employment that requires them to relocate are eligible for an incentive.<\/p>\n
While the cousins, who hail from Pendang, Kedah, are ecstatic to be employed, they are worried about the cost of relocation. Their parents are self-employed who do not earn much.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it was announced there is a RM1,000 incentive for people like us, we are so happy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe may not know the details yet but we hope to get more information soon, especially if we are eligible,\u201d said Siti Aisyah.<\/p>\n
When tabling Budget 2026, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announ\u00adced that job seekers or fresh graduates with job offers which require them to relocate will be given an incentive from PERKESO.<\/p>\n
HR Forum co-founder S Arulkuma described the initiative as a \u201cpractical move\u201d to ease mobility and reduce unemployment friction.<\/p>\n
He also welcomed other initiatives by PERKESO, such as including public transport and cargo drivers in the health screening programme and increasing the maximum rate for haemodialysis treatments.<\/p>\n
However, he warned that sustainability remains a key concern as recurrent matching and subsidy schemes could become long-term fiscal burdens if not planned appropriately.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWithout careful fiscal planning and impact evaluation, well-intended handouts risk turning into structural commitments that strain future budgets.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is also important to note the potential financial strain on PERKESO,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has welcomed the matching contributions for the expanded i-Saraan Plus scheme for gig workers, e-hailing and p-hailing drivers that will see them receive matching contributions of up to RM600 a year or RM6,000 for life.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, MEF stresses the importance of maintaining the voluntary nature of such schemes and avoiding measures that may inadvertently increase cost burdens on platform-based companies,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
Under the regime, other informal workers or those who are self-employed will continue to receive up to RM500 per year or RM5,000 for life under the existing i-Saraan scheme.<\/p>\n
EPF said the newly introduced i-Saraan Plus builds on the success of the i-Saraan programme, and will be tailored for e-hailing and p-hailing drivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PETALING JAYA: Hasnah Mohamed and Siti Aisyah Azman were thrilled to hear news that those seeking employment that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[36196,114,268,85,46,266,267],"class_list":["post-66963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-budget-2026","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}