{
  "id": 12796149,
  "title": "Govt mulls expanding Progressive Wage Policy to strategic sectors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/govt-mulls-expanding-progressive-wage-policy-to-strategic-sectors",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T05:31:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1550419/govt-mulls-expanding-progressive-wage-policy-strategic-sectors"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Malaysian government is contemplating expanding the Progressive Wage Policy to strategic sectors as part of its efforts to increase the share of employees' compensation to 40% of the country's GDP by 2030, as outlined in the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP). Deputy Economy Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shahar Abdullah highlighted that this expansion is among the measures being considered to ensure that wage growth keeps pace with productivity improvements. The government will also continue implementing the Productivity-Linked Wage System (PLWS) to maintain alignment between wage increases and productivity growth.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}