You're a professional and you're proud of you skills and expertise. You've spent time, money, and effort to develop them, relied on them to get a job and help you build your career. You use them to be a productive part of society and to earn a living. Deployin...

As an employee you expect a pay raise very year and a bigger one at every progress up the career ladder. Employers might give a minimal one - or hold off with the promise for a better paycheck in the future - when times are lean. The company can continue to fu...

Your monthly take-home salary isn't the only compensation you get from your employer; you get a benefits package to go with it. A great benefits package can even sweeten the deal when you're considering getting on board - and for good reason. Employee benefits...

Beginning January 2019, Malaysia's new minimum wage will be set at RM 1,050 a month and standardised across the nation. This will be a raise from the current RM 1,000 in West and RM 920 in East Malaysia, respectively. The move is part of the Pakatan Harapan go...

Money's on the mind for many young Malaysian professionals. From how to make more, where to spend it, and how to save enough for the future, we're getting more open about sharing and discussing our personal financial habits.

Mina*, 28, is based in Selangor and...

Some Malaysian fresh graduates claim to wildly inflate their salary expectation to avoid getting low-balled in their first job. Employers, they say, will always give you a lower rate than what you asked for, so throwing out a RM 3,000 to RM 4,000 range could g...

In every Malaysian workplace, there are performers and there are slackers. But when it comes to pay, you're likely to get the same salary as colleagues of your seniority, even if you're more productive.

You'll no doubt feel 'cheated' of what you deserve, but it...

How much should you get paid for your work? You probably have an ideal figure in mind - enough for essential expenses, savings, and recreational spending - but are tentative about shooting too high. Who wouldn't want to earn RM 200,000 a day the CEO of Sapura...

The new Malaysian Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) retirement savings scheme for housewives - as pledged by the Pakatan Harapan government in its elections manifesto - will begin in mid-August. The initial plan was hampered by legal complications but will now p...

Malaysia's fresh graduates are constantly lambasted as being unrealistic and overly demanding - especially when it comes to their first job and specifically about their pay. Reportedly, graduates are demanding a starting salary of RM 3,500, a figure many pundi...