PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Trade Unions Congress is urging employers to keep their hands off the service charge money which belongs to employees.
The call follows reports that the majority of hotels had been using the service charge to meet the minimum wage for their employees. Following this, there have been suggestions to abolish the charge altogether.
MTUC secretary-general N. Gopal Krishnam said it was wrong for employers to take the amount gained from the service charge to make up for any shortfall to the RM900 minimum wage set by the Government.