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Malaysia : Self Employment Social Security Bill 2017 passed

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New Straits Times (06.04.2017) The Self Employment Social Security Bill 2017 which seeks to provide Social Security Organisation (Socso) protection to self employed persons has been passed by the Dewan Rakyat today. Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem said for a start, the new law would be enforced to provide Socso protection to self-employed taxi drivers and e-hailing service providers, including Uber and GrabCar, before being extended to other self-employment sectors.

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malaysia
Topics
Employment
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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Malaysia: Health Ministry mulls introducing government healthcare insurance scheme

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nst.com (23.07.2016) The Health Ministry is seriously considering to introduce a healthcare insurance scheme which is run and supported by the government to address the weaknesses in the private healthcare system.

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malaysia
Topics
Health
Health insurance

[Opinion] Making growth more inclusive by enhancing social protection: the case of Malaysia

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OECD Ecoscope ((08.12.2016) Growth can be more inclusive by pursuing policies that enable improvements in a country’s living standards while sharing gains more equitably across the population. Inclusive growth incorporates a focus on relative – not just absolute – income and wealth inequality, and on well-being, which depends on both monetary and non-monetary conditions, such as access to quality education, employment, housing and healthcare.

Regions / Country
malaysia
Topics
Extension of coverage
Social policies & programmes
Inequalities

Malaysia: Health Ministry mulls introducing government healthcare insurance scheme

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nst.com (23.07.2016) The Health Ministry is seriously considering to introduce a healthcare insurance scheme which is run and supported by the government to address the weaknesses in the private healthcare system.

Regions / Country
malaysia
Topics
Health
Health insurance

[Opinion] Making growth more inclusive by enhancing social protection: the case of Malaysia

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OECD Ecoscope ((08.12.2016) Growth can be more inclusive by pursuing policies that enable improvements in a country’s living standards while sharing gains more equitably across the population. Inclusive growth incorporates a focus on relative – not just absolute – income and wealth inequality, and on well-being, which depends on both monetary and non-monetary conditions, such as access to quality education, employment, housing and healthcare.

Regions / Country
malaysia
Topics
Extension of coverage