Parachutes for Retrenchees

Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan, Executive Director, Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) & Sivarajan Arumugam, Secretary-General, Parti Sosialis Malaysia PSM participate in a panel on the proposed Employee Insurance Scheme (EIS), discussing the necessity of starting a social safety net for retrenched workers. Good idea -- but Issues like scheme mechanics, oversight, management and governance come into play. Plus, should the masses subsidise a few?