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156 MSM MALAYSIA HOLDINGS BERHAD WHO WE ARE STATEMENT & DISCUSSION BY OUR LEADERS HOW WE OPERATE
ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2021

SOCIAL

INITIATIVES

Trade Union
Target Activities

Key Activities in 2021
THE GROUP RESPECTS THE RIGHTS OF Forge a stronger alliance and renew CBA
EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS TO JOIN AND with MSM Prai employees’ union
FORM ASSOCIATIONS OF THEIR OWN CHOICE MSM Prai’s management engaged with the union at
AND TO BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY SUBJECT TO least once a month throughout FY2021 with renewal
THE PROVISIONS OF RELEVANT REGIONAL OR of CBA signed in December 2021
NATIONAL LEGISLATIONS.

Talent Development
MSM supports the employees right to exercise freedom of
association and collective bargaining with unions as expressed
under the Group Sustainability Policy. Employees of MSM Prai MSM has established a Learning and Development Policy
have established an internal union since 1973 while employees to improve employee performance by committing to raise
of MSM Johor are members of a national union, which was the capabilities of our employees and provide them with
recently formed in FY2021. opportunities to participate in training and development
activities.
We have worked to establish the collective bargaining
agreement (CBA) with the union at MSM Prai, representing our Types of training offered to employees range from sessions
employees. The CBA is the result of an extensive negotiation to upgrade individual skills towards improved performance to
process between the parties regarding topics such as wages, a variety of training courses for technical, non-technical and
hours, and terms and conditions of employment. MSM Prai leadership programmes. There are various platforms available
signed and successfully renewed their CBA with their internal to meet individual training needs, such as online learning using
union in December 2021. MSM Prai has maintained good the Linkedin Learning platform, in-house training addressing
relationship with its union members throughout the years fire-fighting, first aid, emergency response and other ad hoc,
with no major grievances raised. As the trade union was only external and internal training courses are also available upon
recently formed in MSM Johor, MSM Johor is in the midst of request or recommendations from the managers.
negotiating acceptable terms for a fresh CBA with its trade A talent pool of loyal and skilled employees is vital to our future
union.
expansion plans. In building loyalty and workforce strength,
we have established a Staff Mobility programme anchored
Employees Covered by the CBA
on staff training and development for career progression and
organisational effectiveness.
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This enables accelerated learning curves for new employees.
MSM also employs local graduate trainees under the Graduate
Management Trainee Programme. With on-job engineering
and management training, our graduate trainees are quickly
2019 upskilled to allow for ready deployment when required.
2020
2021 Onboarding training is provided for new employees to inculcate
them into the Group’s philosophy, vision, guiding principles,
culture, policies, procedures and focus on safety.
As of 31 December 2021, the CBA negotiation for MSM Johor
is yet ongoing. Regular performance reviews are held to appraise employee
performance and identify training needs required to enhance
the personal development and skill sets of MSM employees.