Rakyat Malaysia yang terlibat dalam sektor minyak dan gas perlu mencari pekerjaan baharu kerana tidak banyak mampu dilakukan kerajaan bagi membantu dalam keadaan ekonomi global yang terjejas akibat kejatuhan harga minyak. – Gambar AFP
Pemberhentian pekerja di Malaysia mungkin berterusan sehingga 2017, kata seorang menteri Kabinet hari ini, sambil menambah, rakyat Malaysia yang bimbang kehilangan pekerjaan mereka kerana iklim ekonomi yang suram perlu mencari kerja dalam bidang lain.
Menjangkakan pemberhentian kerja yang teruk dalam industri minyak dan gas beberapa bulan akan datang, Menteri Sumber Manusia Datuk Seri Richard Riot berkata rakyat Malaysia dalam sektor itu perlu mencari pekerjaan baharu.
Ini kerana katanya, tidak banyak mampu dilakukan kerajaan bagi membantu mereka dalam keadaan ekonomi global yang terjejas akibat kejatuhan harga minyak.
“(Pemberhentian pekerja) akan melimpah (daripada industri minyak dan gas) kepada industri lain seperti perbankan,” katanya kepada pemberita di Kuching hari ini selepas majlis penyerahan surat kuasa kepada presiden Mahkamah Perusahaan Malaysia.
“Kerajaan tidak boleh memaksa majikan mengambil pekerja jika mereka tidak mempunyai wang untuk membayar gaji.
“Suka atau tidak, mereka perlu diberhentikan. Cuba cari pekerjaan di tempat lain,” katanya ketika ditanya mengenai rancangan luar jangka kerajaan menangani kemungkinan berlakunya pemberhentian pekerja dalam sektor minyak dan gas.
Beliau berkata kementerian menjangkakan pemberhentian pekerja berterusan sehingga 2017.
The Malaysian Insider baru-baru ini melaporkan kira-kira 20,000 orang kehilangan pekerjaan mereka pada tahun lepas, dan ramai lagi dijangka diberhentikan tahun ini, menurut Persekutuan Majikan Malaysia.
Komen Riot susulan laporan syarikat minyak negara Petronas sedang menimbang pemberhentian pekerja sebahagian daripada 51,000 kakitangannya sebagai salah satu pilihan kerana berhadapan dengan harga minyak yang rendah.
Firma itu terpukul oleh kejatuhan harga minyak, yang jatuh ke tahap paling rendah sejak 2003 pada hari Isnin.
Harga jatuh lebih 70% dalam tempoh 18 bulan lalu kerana pengeksport di seluruh dunia mengeluarkan lebih satu juta tong minyak mentah setiap hari, melebihi permintaan.
The Edge Weekly sebelum ini melaporkan Shell Malaysia akan mengurangkan 1,300 pekerja dalam tempoh 2 tahun akan datang, sambil menambah ia sudah dijangka kerana kejatuhan harga minyak.
Riot hari ini merujuk kepada nasihat supaya melakukan dua pekerjaan bagi menampung hidup, sebagaimana saranan Timbalan Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri Datuk Ahmad Maslan sebelum ini, yang dikritik banyak pihak.
“Ada orang kata, dengan kos hidup begitu tinggi, carilah pekerjaan kedua.
“Mencari pekerjaan pertama pun susah, apatah lagi untuk mencari pekerjaan ke-2,” kata Riot, tetapi tidak menyebut nama Ahmad.
Cadangan Ahmad, yang mempunyai hastag Twitternya sendiri #2kerja, sudah menjadi realiti bagi ramai rakyat Malaysia kelas pekerja yang mengatakan, kerja ke-2 adalah satu keperluan untuk menyara keluarga mereka. – The Malaysian Insider
Malaysians are involved in the oil and gas sector needs to find new jobs because there is not much the government can do to assist in global economic conditions affected by the fall in oil prices. - AFP
Retrenchment in Malaysia may continue until 2017, said a Cabinet minister today, adding that Malaysians are worried of losing their jobs because of the gloomy economic climate need to find work in other fields.
Expect a severe retrenchment in the oil and gas industry over the coming months, Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot said Malaysians in the sector has to find new jobs.
This is because, he said, there is not much the government can do to assist them in global economic conditions affected by the fall in oil prices.
"(Retrenchments) will overflow (of the oil and gas industry) to other industries such as banking," he told reporters in Kuching today after handing over power to the president of the Industrial Court of Malaysia.
"The government can not force employers to hire workers if they have no money to pay salaries.
"Like it or not, they should be dismissed. Try to find a job elsewhere, "he said when asked about the government's contingency plans to deal with the possibility of layoffs in the oil and gas sector.
He said the ministry expects the layoffs to continue until 2017.
The Malaysian Insider recently reported that about 20,000 people lost their jobs last year, and many more are expected to be dismissed this year, according to the Malaysian Employers Federation.
Riot comment on reports of the national oil company Petronas is considering layoffs of 51,000 employees as part of an option in the face of lower oil prices.
The firm was hit by the fall in oil prices, which fell to their lowest level since 2003 on Monday.
Prices fell more than 70% in the last 18 months as exporters around the world produce more than one million barrels of crude oil per day, exceeding demand.
The Edge Weekly has reported that Shell Malaysia will reduce 1,300 workers in the next two years, adding that it was expected due to falling oil prices.
Riot today refer to in order to do two jobs to support life, as well as the recommendations of the Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Ahmad Maslan before, which was criticized by many.
"Some people say, with the cost of living so high, look for a second job.
"Seeking first job was difficult, let alone to find jobs for-2," said Riot, but not the name Ahmad.
Proposed Ahmad, who has his own Twitter hastag # 2kerja, is already a reality for many Malaysians working class who said, working the 2nd is a need to support their families. - The Malaysian Insider
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