FINAL REPORT Final Report - NER 2018 6Mar2018 (For Publication)

National Employment Returns (NER) 2018 11. KEY TAKEAWAYS FOR NER 2018 Below are the key findings from NER 2018: • Foreign employees’ ratio to the total workforce stood at 16% • Reliance on foreign employees was higher for lower-skilled job categories • Majority of the foreign employees employed were PLKS workers (83%). Expatriates represented 14% of Non-Malaysian employees • Male employees’ participation in employment was higher than female employees (61.5%) • 28% of the leadership roles were held by female employees • Establishments paid all their employees an average of RM3,200 in monthly basic salaries • The pay gap between the high-skilled, semi-skilled and low-skilled jobs was at 2.9 times and 4.4 times respectively • Managers and Skilled Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing workers’ salaries grew the fastest at an average of 10% annually • Malaysian employees were paid twice more than Foreign employees on average • Gender pay gap was at approximately 24% between male and female employees • • The high skilled workforce stood at 32%, while semi-skilled and low-skilled workforce represented 49% and 19% respectively • Accounting and Finance, Administrative or Clerical, ICT, Human Resources, and Engineering are the top 5 skills training required by the employers • Lack of competency & skill level is the top reason certain vacancies were hard-to-fill • Only one-third of the Malaysian employees hold tertiary education qualifications • Approximately 5 million employees attended training in 2017 • Vacancy rate stood at 5% • Approximately 60% of the vacancies were hard-to-fill • Low-skill job categories were most in demand in terms of vacancy rate • The average turnover rate was at 20%. Among the reasons for employee separation, involuntary turnover represented about 6% • An estimated ~700,000 jobs would be created in the next 2 years • There is a higher demand for employees from the Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing & Accommodation & Food Service sectors • • • • 96

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