MCA SAYS JOB LOSSES HIT 42,000. GOMEN SERVANTS TO GO TO OFFICE ONLY THREE DAYS A WEEK.

 

WANITA MCA called gomen to establish employment task force 

following loss of 42,807 jobs nationwide

retrenchments have serious economic, social consequences

latest figures released by Human Resources Ministry 

Selangor, KL recorded highest unemployment figures in the country

42,807 lost their jobs, 40% or 17,485 retrenched, company closures or layoffs

concentration of unemployment in Klang Valley particularly concerning 

Klang Valley Malaysia’s primary economic and investment hub.

leads the nation in unemployment affects country’s economic backbone

40,000 job losses, tens of thousands of families facing financial hardship 

pressure on housing & vehicle loans, education expenses, daily living costs

June 26, 2026

MY COMMENTS:

Look at this:

• Civil servants allowed to work from home two days a week
• PSD says hybrid working arrangement 
• three mandatory office days and two work-from-home days weekly.
• Starting Aug 1, civil servants work from home two days a week 
• Cabinet approved hybrid working day scheme
• two days of remote work each week
• must be physically present in office Mondays, Fridays and another day
• monitoring system will be introduced to ensure integrity, performance 
• obtain approval for home or alternative remote working locations
• “Counter services will continue to operate as normal
• including security, defence, education, health and judiciary sectors

MY COMMENTS:

This is how I look at this. Two out of five days working from home equals 40% of working hours at home. This means we can actually reduce the Civil Service workforce by 40% and tell the remaining 60% to work five days a week. 

Or we keep the full complement of Civil Servants but get them to work 40% harder FIVE days a week. This will increase the productivity of the economy and help grow the GDP.

A friend of mine asked what if a Civil Servant decides to go to the islands and work from the beach? We already have Civil Servants working on Penang Island, Pulau Redang, Langkawi Island, Labuan Island etc. 

I have another question. If the Civil Servant can work from home does this mean the Civil Servant can have meetings with members of the public at his home? Or maybe at the coffeeshop near his home? 

Say the Ketua Pengarah is working from home and Dato Taukeh was scheduled to have a meeting with the Ketua Pengarah. 'Yes yes Dato, come over to my house. We can go to the coffeeshop near here for our meeting'. Is this scenario not possible?

If a Civil Servant takes annual leave on Monday and works from home Tuesday and Wednesday that is FIVE days away from the office. By just taking one day Annual Leave. Fantastic. 

The MCA says 42,000 people have lost their jobs. 
But the Civil Servants need only show up at the office THREE DAYS a week.
Banyak cantik. 
So many goodies.
I think the general elections are coming sooner than expected.

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.