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Govt mulling full pay for WFH workers caring for sick family members
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The government is looking into extending the work from home (WFH) arrangement for both public and private sector staff and giving full pay to enable workers to care for an ailing family member, or in the case of men, to help their wives look after a newborn child.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the move was to encourage shared responsibility and enable women to remain in employment as well as increase women’s work productivity.

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