{
  "id": 13085697,
  "title": "Budget 2027: Minimum Wage To Increase To RM2,000 In June 2027, MSMEs Exempted",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/budget-2027-minimum-wage-to-increase-to-rm2-000-in-june-2027-msmes",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-09T09:36:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Lowyat.NET",
    "slug": "lowyat-net",
    "url": "https://www.lowyat.net/2026/406888/budget-2027-minimum-wage-increase-june/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Malaysian government has officially announced it will be raising the minimum wage from RM1,700 to RM2,000. These changes were announced during the tabling of Budget 2027 and will go into effect in June 2027. However, there are some exceptions to this rule. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that micro, small, and medium […] The post Budget 2027: Minimum Wage To Increase To RM2,000…",
  "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."
}