PUTRAJAYA (May 1): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged for the establishment of the gig workers commission to be expedited.

He said it is important to pay more attention and concern towards workers in the gig sector.

“For civil servants, there are the Public Service Department director general, the chief secretary to the government, Cuepacs (Congress of Unions of Employees in Public and Civil Services), and not forgetting MTUC (Malaysian Trades Union Congress).

“However, certain groups remain unrepresented. That is why the gig workers commission is needed to provide more attention and support (to this group of workers),” he said in his speech at the National Labour Day 2024 celebration here on Wednesday.

Anwar said this matter also involves taxi drivers, who have long contributed to the economy but are sometimes left behind as times change.

“So we must pay attention including to the disabled, women, the elderly, retirees and some former inmates,” he said.

Anwar said he appreciates the hard work of all workers at various levels, including in the gig economy.

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