{"id":18269,"date":"2019-11-19T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparehero.my\/blog\/uncategorized\/is-rm500-enough-to-encourage-women-to-start-working-again.html"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:03:06","slug":"is-rm500-enough-to-encourage-women-to-start-working-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparehero.my\/blog\/wages-employment\/is-rm500-enough-to-encourage-women-to-start-working-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Is RM500 Enough To Encourage Women To Start Working Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How do you feel when you have to leave your children to go to work?<\/p> \n

For stay-at-home moms, getting back to work is tough. As a working mother, they are afraid that bosses expect them to work like they do not have children!<\/p> \n

For the Belanjawan 2020, the government introduced the Women@Work<\/a> initiative in an attempt to encourage women to re-enter the job market after not working for a year or more. Part of the initiative includes an additional RM500 on top of their monthly wage for two years. Although women activists and NGOs<\/a> applaud the decision, not every woman that is eligible for this initiative feels motivated to return to work.<\/p> \n

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The 2018 Malaysian Labour Force Survey shows that 60.2% of women who are not employed cited housework, including child and elderly care, as the main reason for not seeking work.

Housework, which includes family responsibilities, is also a common problem raised by women in the current workforce that prevents them from taking heavier responsibilities or leadership roles in the workplace. <\/p> \n