Category: Past Activity 2020

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GENERATOR Briefing by SOCSO

In an effort to help members revive their business after Covid-19, MACC held a GENERATOR Briefing by SOCSO in conjunction with the 26th Annual General Meeting of MACC held on 23rd September 2020 at the AC Marriot Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

Puan Fadlina binti Adam, Head of Zone (Employment Services), SOCSO delivered a talk entitled ‘Recruitment Incentive Program and Training Program’ under the PENJANAKERJAYA Incentive Program. Under the program there are 4 incentives provided, namely;

  1. MyApprentice – Apprentice Incentive for employers who hire local job seekers as apprentices among school leavers and graduates.
  2. HireMalaysia – which consists of three categories of incentives namely,
    • Local Recruitment Incentives under the age of 40;
    • Recruitment Incentives for local employees aged 40 to 60; and
    • Incentives for Recruitment of local workers in vulnerable groups, especially the Disabled (OKU) and participants of SOCSO’s Return to Work Program
      1. Mobility Assistance-a one-off payment to employees through employers who move from the location of the job seeker’s residence;
  3. Training Program – provides retraining (reskilling and upskilling) based on the needs of employers and employees recruited under the #HireMalaysia category.

Next, Puan Farah Wahidah Anuar, Employment Services Officer, SIP explained about the registration method in MyFutureJobs for employers who need employees and people who have lost their jobs.

MACC will take follow -up action to arrange a recruitment program in the People’s Housing Project in collaboration with SOCSO.

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27th Annual General Meeting

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The 27th Annual General Meeting was held at the AC Marriot Hotel Kuala Lumpur in a Covid-19 atmosphere in compliance with all SOPs set by the government. Among the resolutions of the meeting are as follows;

  1. Accepted the resignation of Mr. Nagarajah, Deputy President. His responsibilities will be taken over by the Vice President, Tuan Haji Faizal Rahim who will be acting Deputy President.
  2. Receive the MACC name change proposal and submit it to the Committee to select a suitable name to be presented at the next general meeting.
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Webinar ‘Facing the Pandemic: Vital Roles of Cleaning Contractors

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On July 9, for the first time, MACC hosted a webinar; an online seminar entitled ‘Facing The Pandemic: The Vital Roles of Cleaning Contractors’, organized by C.I.S Networks Sdn Bhd.
The panel members consisted of Mr Nik Husin Datuk Nik Yusof from Cleantech Consulting & Training, Tuan Haji Faizal Rahim from Harta Maintenance Sdn Bhd and Datuk Mohd Hedzir Shafii from Juwara Resources & Trading Sdn Bhd. The webinar moderator was Mr. Noruddin Idris, President of MACC.

The webinar, among others, discussed the impact of Covid-19 on cleaning contractors and the steps that contractors need to take to address the impact for the sustainability of their business.

A total of 358 listeners comprising 59% cleaning contractors, 28% facilities and building managers, 6% businessmen, 5% architects and engineers and 2% students attended the webinar.

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Discussion with JPK. Human Resource Campaign

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  1. MACC, led by the President, Mr. Noruddin b Hj Idris and the committee consisting of, Head of Secretariat Mr. Nik Husin b Nik Yusoff, Head of Membership & Complaints Bureau, Mr. Ramli b Usrak and observers from CIC Mr. Raj Kumar b Mahful visited JPK, Cyberjaya to discuss the issue of training of industrial workers.

The presence of the MACC Committee was welcomed by JPK officers, Encik Mohd Faisal b Ahmad, JPK Chief Assistant Director and Encik Nasron, his assistant.

Among the things presented by MACC are,

  1. SKM through Recognition of Prior Achievement (PPT) to workers in the cleaning sector is less effective.
  2.  Request an explanation of the recognition method procedure through the PPT program from JPK
  3.  National Occupational Skills Standard (NOSS) HT-070-5: 2012 Hygiene Operation Management (18-12-2012) HT-070-4: 2012, does not meet industry requirements.

After hearing the above, the JPK has categorized the matters raised above as follows;

For matters related to NOSS, the JPK requested MACC to make a letter and communicate directly with the relevant Division. This is because, Mr. Faisal is the party that manages the HEP program and matters related to NOSS are outside his jurisdiction.

However, regarding the evaluation and implementation method of HEP, the JPK has provided an explanation to the MACC as follows.

  • All candidates to be given recognition through the HEP program must be fully prepared for the purpose of achieving the true purpose of the HEP program itself.
  • The process for preparing the candidate is subject to the organization or individual wishing to obtain recognition.
  • MACC, as the organization that will be the party representing the players in the cleaning industry, should explain to the cleaning contractors in order to provide adequate training to their staff.
  • The cleaning contractor must ensure that the required period of work experience is met according to the requirements of the HEP program and the candidate is truly competent with the required level of recognition such as SKM level 2, level 3 and so on.

JPK informed, the evaluation period for candidates to obtain SKM through the PPT method is according to the needs of the relevant industry sector, as long as it is in accordance with the needs of the evaluation to be done and not necessarily within 8 hours only. It can be more or less than that according to the suitability of the evaluation method that has been set by the JPK and in the opinion of the evaluator.

The evaluation to obtain SKM – PPT can also be modified to be broken down into several series if deemed necessary.

The location to carry out HEP activities also depends on the MACC which is deemed appropriate to meet the objectives of the HEP program. The location, equipment to carry out the evaluation activities, the scenario of the evaluation area must be taken into account to ensure the effectiveness of this evaluation.

The HEP program to be organized must be applied for through JPK. JPK will coordinate a qualified Assessing Officer to carry out the assessment.

Currently, there is only one Assessing Officer who is qualified to conduct the assessment, namely Mr. Nik Husin b Nik Yusoff.

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Pen meeting. MACC Treasurer, Mr. Mohd Nor Mokhtar with Dr. Nirwan Nih, Timb.S/U Bhg. Physical & Economics, Kem. Malaysian Finance

Pen meeting. MACC Treasurer, Mr. Mohd Nor Mokhtar with Dr. Nirwan Nih, Timb.S/U Bhg. Physical & Economics, Kem. Malaysian Finance.

On 12 Feb 2020, the MACC Assistant Treasurer held discussions with the Deputy Secretary of the Physical and Economic Division, Ministry of Finance Malaysia to convey MACC’s intention to participate in the discussions on the preparation of the 2021 national budget.

He welcomed the wish and asked MACC to submit a memorandum of proposals for the preparation of the 2021 budget. The 2021 Budget Preparation Memorandum was submitted on 20th May 2020 followed by a summary of proposals for budget preparation according to the format provided by the Ministry of Finance Malaysia.

The submitted memorandum can be downloaded from www.macc.org.my.