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COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS
In an article entitled Collective Bargaining, I described the system by which trade unions negotiate with employers and agree to terms and conditions of employment. The outcome of collective bargaining is the signing of a collective agreement, which is a legally enforceable document lasting for 3 or more years. In this article, I will list and compare the key benefits provided in current collective agreements (CA) of 4 different companies.

Human resource practitioners need to monitor the wages and benefits paid to workers in similar industries and similar locations. Should a company's wages and benefits package seriously lag behind the norms in their industry, high turnover of workers can be expected. Collective agreements can be viewed on the website of the Industrial Court (www.mp.gov.my). The comparison of benefits in the following tables only outlines the main terms provided in the respective CAs. Readers are recommended to carry out their own comparison on companies in their industry.

Articles
Experts: No harm in EPF allocation for scheme (New The Star , Malaysia)
Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributors need not worry about their money being channelled into the Government's special housing scheme for the lower-income group as real estate makes up a very small percentage of EPF's investments, analysts say...

Business/Management Skills
Marketing Mastery (New Straits Times, Malaysia)
There are far too many marketing professionals who are hung up on just one or two specific aspects of marketing...

Corporate Events/Training/Education
MAREC 12: Investing abroad (The Star, Malaysia)
A property investor who wants to diversify his port-folio internationally must consider several crucial factors before buying a piece of property abroad, whether as an investment, for children studying abroad or to have a holiday home...

Criminal/Legal Reports
CTOS melanggar undang-undang - Saksi (New Straits Times, Malaysia)
Zarina Jaafar yang ketika itu bertugas sebagai ketua pegawai eksekutif di Associate & General (M) Sdn. Bhd. berkata, hasil kajiannya mendapati di dalam Memorandum of Association (MOA) syarikat berkenaan, terdapat perkataan to carry on the business of a credit rating agency or bureau (Biro) sedangkan keadaan sedemikian hanya boleh dilakukan oleh agensi badan berkanun atau syarikat yang dimiliki kerajaan...

Human Resource
Rayu PERKESO beri Bantuan Ilat (Berita Harian)
"Saya sudah beberapa kali ke PERKESO Kajang dan yang terbaru dilakukan dua minggu lalu, tetapi masih tiada jawapan positif diterima"- Ahmad Khairul Zainal, Pesakit buah pinggang...

Reports
PM umum keputusan penting (Berita Harian)
"Ia satu mesyuarat harmoni dan ceria, Perdana Menteri prihatin dan akan membuat keputusan lebih baik untuk kebaikan semua peringkat kakitangan awam dalam tempoh terdekat. Apa keputusan itu, terserah kepada Perdana Menteri. CUEPACS akan menghormati sebarang keputusan diumumkan Perdana Menteri selaku pemimpin yang kita hormati"-Omar Osman, Presiden CUEPACS...

Service
Striking a good deal (The Star, Malaysia)
A good negotiator must maximise the time spent with the other business partners by communicating his idea clearly. The inability to get messages across properly may cause misunderstandings among business persons and/or business groups...

Stress Management
Too much sitting leads to the blues (The Sun, Malaysia)
The findings also revealed that the more you sit at work, the more you are likely to sit on your off hours, further raising your risks of health problems and mental strain...

Tips
More than words (The Star, Malaysia)
People unconsciously communicate their true feelings through facial expressions and body signals...

Working Smart
Choosing their own devices (The Star, Malaysia)
The concept of bringing one's own device to work or BTOD for short is starting to gain some traction after years of employees accustomed to company-issued laptops, computers and phones...