Nurses want 45-hour work week scrapped after WBB cancelled

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Nurses’ group says they did not agree to the increase from 42 hours a week to 45 hours, which was implemented on Dec 1.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/01/31/nurses-want-45-hour-work-week-scrapped-after-wbb-cancelled/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #WBB #HealthcareWorkers

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00:00A nurses' group has criticized the health ministry's decision requiring them to continue

00:05working 45 hours a week.

00:07This comes after the cabinet decided to cancel the proposed optional Waktu Bekerja Berlainan

00:12shift system for healthcare workers.

00:14Malaysian Male Nurses Chairman Julihan Kamaris said the decision showed there was a double

00:19standard in practice, adding that it has caused dissatisfaction among nurses, Utusan Malaysia

00:24reported.

00:25Julihan said if the WBB could be cancelled for a more in-depth study, the same should

00:29be done for the 45-hour workweek for nurses, which was implemented on December 1, as not

00:35a single nurse agreed with the increase in working hours from 42 to 45 hours a week.

00:40Julihan said various nursing associations had submitted a study on this issue previously,

00:45but the ministry did not accept it.

00:47In November, five nursing associations said a survey it conducted among nurses found that

00:53increasing nurses' weekly working hours could undermine the effectiveness of healthcare

00:57service delivery.

00:59WBB, which sought to limit on-call hours for doctors from 33 to 18 hours, was criticized

01:04for cutting healthcare workers' allowances by including extended shifts into the standard

01:0945-hour workweek.

01:11While healthcare workers would work fewer hours, they stood to lose income as they would

01:15not be granted an allowance for working past 5 p.m. on weekdays.

01:19Donny Sartorezza, FMT News.

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