KUALA LUMPUR — The Ministry of Human Resources (Kesuma) will unveil initiatives to address the impact of the global supply crisis on the local labour market, said Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri R. Ramanan.
He revealed that 5,900 workers were laid off in March, with most of these in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.
Describing it as a “worrying trend”, Ramanan said the ministry will launch a series of comprehensive support initiatives for the labour market.
The launch on May 1, which is Labour Day, will see measures to increase the marketability of job seekers.
This will include improvements to the Employment Insurance System Act 2017 (Act 800), Bernama reports him saying.
“These improvements are expected to provide more comprehensive benefits to workers, including social protection and easier access to reskilling and upskilling programmes.
“This effort is a critical step by the ministry to accelerate the process of redeploying workers to more stable employment sectors, thus reducing pressure on the national labour market,” he said in a statement in conjunction with a visit to the MYFutureJobs Premium Career Carnival 2026 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) here, today.
Ramanan said Kesuma would also organise a series of tours to universities nationwide to reach out to prospective graduates, understand their challenges and provide dialogue, career guidance and job matching to ensure local talent remains relevant and resilient in a challenging economy.
When met by reporters at the event, he said MYFutureJobs this year aims to help more than 200,000 job seekers find jobs.
He said more than 10,000 job opportunities with salary offers ranging from RM3,000 to RM16,000 are available at the MYFutureJobs Premium Career Carnival which will run for two days starting yesterday, with the manufacturing and services sectors among those offering the most opportunities.
In a related development, Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan said 10,000 more job opportunities will be offered in conjunction with the LINDUNG Career Carnival in Kota Kinabalu on May 9 and 10.
“I understand that more than 52 companies have agreed to participate in the career carnival. Our hope is that every step and plan carefully put together by the ministry can be implemented at the state level, and most importantly, all job seekers have the opportunity to get a job,” he said.
Also present was Social Security Organisation (Socso) chief executive officer Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed. - April 26, 2026
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