The National Employment Council (NEC) was set up to execute the strategies to create and preserve jobs in line with the first objective of Budget 2021, which is “People’s Wellbeing”.

The setting up of the council is also in accordance with the government’s aspiration to ensure the recovery and stimulation of the economic sector in Malaysia could be implemented successfully with a comprehensive approach, based on data and in line with the current demands of the industries while taking into account the people’s wellbeing and the country’s economic resilience.

The Finance Ministry’s Economic Stimulus Implementation and Coordination Unit Between National Agencies (LAKSANA) will act as the NEC Secretariat and monitor the development of each programme under the NEC initiative to ensure that they will be more effective based on appropriate assessments from time to time.

In this regard, Malaysian citizens who are affected or looking for a job can register on the MyFutureJobs portal at which is a one-stop centre and main reference for employment-related initiatives including skill improvement and retraining programmes.