SUBANG JAYA, April 12 — Transport Minister Anthony Loke today announced six incentives for Prasarana Malaysia Bhd employees.
He said the incentives, which include increased wages, allowances and medical coverage, were approved by the Prasarana board of directors.
“I understand that the details will be given by Prasarana to all employees in the next one or two days,” he said after attending a buka puasa event with the Lembah Subang Depot Prasarana employees.
Loke said employees will be given a wage increase of four to six per cent based on their work performance score.
He said a shift allowance increase was also announced for 2,800 frontline and non-executive employees, with day shift workers seeing an increase from RM11 to RM15 while it was an increase from RM13 to RM20 for night shift workers.
For Rapid Bus captains, the driving allowance was increased by RM10 per day which will lead to a monthly increase of RM220, Loke said.
He also announced the implementation of an Interim Market Allowance for those working in the technical sector, including senior technicians, engineers and senior engineers.
“I also understand that the board of directors has approved an increase for employer contributions to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) from 15 per cent to 16 per cent for workers who have served for five years and above,” he said.
Loke also announced that medical coverage for hospital admittance for individuals and their family members has been approved for all levels.
He said the new medical coverage plan will allow registered family members to use the insured amount without limit, as long as it remains within the yearly coverage limit.
“For example, the yearly limit for non-executive staff has been increased from RM15,000 to RM60,000 per family,” he said.
Loke added that he was aware that the company’s management had increased the period of approval for the application to request bonuses, which has yet to be approved by the Finance Ministry for implementation.
