THE Biro Tata Negara (BTN) saga has taken yet another twist. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz has called former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad “bloody racist” for defending the BTN training modules. Most right-thinking members of the public would agree with Nazri that the BTN is ethnic-centric. However, would [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 31 March 2009: The National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) today advised CIMB Bank employees to consult the union first before accepting the no-pay leave offered by their employer. NUBE secretary-general J Solomon said this was to ensure that they would not lose out on the other perks while on leave. He said [...]

PETALING JAYA, 30 March 2009: CIMB Group is offering its 36,000 staff extended unpaid leave under the “Staff Rejuvenation Programme” from next month. Group chief executive, Datuk Seri Nazir Razak, emphasised that the programme was not to lay off workers but to give them an option to take extended unpaid leave of between one and [...]