Kalendar 2013 - Cuti Sekolah dan Cuti Umum Malaysia

Date	Holiday	Applicable to
1 Jan (Tue)	New Year	All except Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis & Terengganu
14 Jan (Mon)	Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan's Birthday	Negeri Sembilan only
20 Jan (Sun)	Sultan of Kedah's Birthday	Kedah only
24 Jan (Thu)	Prophet Muhammad's Birthday (Maulidur Rasul)	National
27 Jan (Sun)	Thaipusam	Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Penang & Selangor only
1 Feb (Fri)	Federal Territory Day	Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan & Putrajaya only
10 Feb (Sun)	Chinese New Year	National
11 Feb (Mon)	Chinese New Year (2nd Day)	National except Kelantan and Terengganu
4 Mar (Mon)	Anniversary of Installation of Sultan of Terengganu	Terengganu only
29 Mar (Fri)	Good Friday	Sabah & Sarawak only
15 Apr (Mon)	Declaration of Malacca as a Historical City	Malacca only
19 Apr (Fri)	Sultan of Perak's Birthday	Perak only
26 Apr (Fri)	Sultan of Terengganu\'s Birthday	Terengganu only
1 May (Wed)	Labour Day	National
7 May (Tue)	Hari Hol Pahang	Pahang only
17 May (Fri)	Raja Perlis' Birthday	Perlis only
24 May (Fri)	Vesak Day	National
30 May (Thu)	Harvest Festival	Sabah & Labuan only
31 May (Fri)	Harvest Festival	Sabah & Labuan only
1 Jun (Sat)	Agong's Birthday	National
1 Jun (Sat)	Hari Gawai	Sarawak only
2 Jun (Sun)	Hari Gawai	Sarawak only
6 Jun (Thu)	Israk & Mikraj	Kedah, Negeri Sembilan & Perlis only
7 Jul (Sun)	Georgetown World Heritage City Day	Penang only
10 Jul (Wed)	Awal Ramadan *	Johor, Kedah & Malacca only
13 Jul (Sat)	Penang Governor's Birthday	Penang only
26 Jul (Fri)	Nuzul Al-Quran	Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Selangor & Terengganu only
8 Aug (Thu)	Hari Raya Puasa *	National
9 Aug (Fri)	Hari Raya Puasa *	National
31 Aug (Sat)	National Day	National
7 Sep (Sat)	Sarawak Governor's Birthday	Sarawak only
16 Sep (Mon)	Malaysia Day	National
5 Oct (Sat)	Sabah Governor's Birthday	Sabah only
12 Oct (Sat)	Malacca Governor's Birthday	Malacca only
15 Oct (Tue)	Hari Raya Haji *	National
16 Oct (Wed)	Hari Raya Haji (2nd Day) *	Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis & Terengganu Only
24 Oct (Thu)	Sultan of Pahang's Birthday	Pahang only
2 Nov (Sat)	Deepavali	National except Sarawak & Labuan
5 Nov (Tue)	Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)	National
11 Nov (Mon)	Sultan of Kelantan's Birthday	Kelantan only
12 Nov (Tue)	Sultan of Kelantan's Birthday	Kelantan only
22 Nov (Fri)	Sultan of Johor's Birthday	Johor only
9 Dec (Mon)	Hari Hol Almarhum Sultan Johor	Johor only
11 Dec (Wed)	Sultan of Selangor's Birthday	Selangor only
25 Dec (Wed)	Christmas	National

* Subject to change

 

 

 

 

Sumber: http://www.onestopmalaysia.com/holidays-2013.html

Politik Caca Merba

Politik kita memang caca marba

Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin 11:20AM Sep 7 2012

Nampak kebelakangan ini, perbezaan politik bukan lagi membawa kepada pertarungan minda dan tawaran khidmat pengurusan pentadbiran yang lebih baik, tetapi pertarungan siasah di negara ini telah menyuburkan akhlak yang buruk dan kehilangan adab sopan.

Ada yang kencing ke atas gambar pemimpin yang lain, ada pula yang baling kasut ke dalam masjid, tarian punggung dan pelbagai lagi.

Para pemimpin politik kita ini mungkin terlalu sibuk berkempen sehingga lupa untuk mengajar adab sopan sebagai insan kepada para pengikut mereka.

Bacaan lanjut, klik link berikut:
http://www.malaysiakini.com/columns/208208

Sumber: malaysiakini.com

Apa berlaku kepada pekerja Google selepas mereka meninggal dunia?

It’s no surprise that the employee benefits of Google are among the best in the land—free haircuts, gourmet food, on-site doctors and high-tech “cleansing” toilets are among the most talked-about—but in a rare interview with Chief People Officer Laszlo Bock I discovered that the latest perk for Googlers extends into the afterlife.

“This might sound ridiculous,” Bock told me recently in a conversation on the ever-evolving benefits at Google, “But we’ve announced death benefits at Google.”  We were scheduled for a talk on Google’s widening age-gap (the oldest Googler is currently 83); I wanted to know how child- and healthcare benefits have evolved as the company has scaled.

Instead, Bock, who joined the company in 2006 after a stint with General Electric, blew me away by disclosing a never-before-made-public-perk:  Should a U.S. Googler pass away while under the employ of the 14-year old search giant, their surviving spouse or domestic partner will receive a check for 50% of their salary every year for the next decade. Even more surprising, a Google spokesperson confirms that there’s “no tenure requirement” for this benefit, meaning most of their 34 thousand Google employees qualify.

“One of the things we realized recently was that one of the harshest but most reliable facts of life is that at some point most of us will be confronted with the death of our partners,” Bock says. “And it’s a horrible, difficult time no matter what, and every time we went through this as a company we tried to find ways to help the surviving spouse of the Googler who’d passed away.” The case-by-case do-goodery was formally implemented in 2011. In addition to the 10-year pay package, surviving spouses will see all stocks vested immediately and any children will receive a $1,000 monthly payment from the company until they reach the age of 19 (or 23 if the child is a full-time student).

What makes the death benefit notable isn’t just its generosity—Google is, of course, far from cash-strapped—but rather that, unlike most employee perks on Google campuses that aim to increase happiness, creativity and productivity, providing death benefits is a no-win for the company. “Obviously there’s no benefit to Google,” Bock concedes. “But it’s important to the company to help our families through this horrific if inevitable life event.”

Google has been anticipating the major life events of their employees since day one. According to Bock, Sergey Brin got the ball rolling when the company had fewer than 100 employees, suggesting that the company could provide a nanny to each working mom or dad on staff. (“Obviously that’s an idea that’s been toned down,” Bock jokes). The company does have on-site child care but has raised its monthly fees significantly in recent years.

In maternity and paternity leave, however, Google benefits are at the head of the pack: according to a company spokesperson, new dads enjoy six weeks of paid leave while moms can take 18 weeks after the birth of a child. (Even better for the cash-strapped new parents: stocks will continue to vest on your leave).

But the link between maternity benefits and retaining employees is clear. According to a 2008 report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 60 percent of men and women in the work force have kids under the age of 6, so anticipating their needs can mean keeping new parents on-board and, most importantly, engaged.

“When we think about [employee] needs at Google, we think less about how old you are that we do about your particular cluster of needs,” Bock says. “For someone who fits a certain profile—say, an aging parent to take care of, or kids or grandkids to support–whatever your cluster of needs are, we do our best to discern the best package of perks and programs to meet them.”

Google People experts use three methods to tap into the needs of employees: an annual survey called “Googlegeist” that measures the temperature of employees in every department and analyzes data to identify emerging trends, employee resource groups (read: clubs) where like-minded employees share ideas that are funneled up to HR (Bock says the most active are the “Grayglers,” the self-titled club for over-the-hill Googlers), and email aliases that run the gamut from financial advice to childcare options to café feedback.

Google gets a lot of press for its perks, Bock says, but he’s loathe to even use that word. “People say ‘you’re Google, of course you can offer these crazy things,’” but from where Bock sits, it’s not even about the money. “There is, of course, research that show employee benefit programs like ours can improve retention, and appear to improve performance on some level,” he says.

“But it turns out that the reason we’re doing these things for employees is not because it’s important to the business, but simply because it’s the right thing to do. When it comes down to it, it’s better to work for a company who cares about you than a company who doesn’t. And from a company standpoint, that makes it better to care than not to care.”

Sumber: http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/08/08/heres-what-happens-to-google-employees-when-they-die/

Mengapa harus kecewa?

Saya menemui artikel yang baik ini di blog seorang sahabat dan ingin berkongsi menyebarkannya di sini untuk manfaat ramai..

Mengapa Harus Kecewa

Assalamualaikum Dan Salam Sejahtera,  (aku suka bahan email ni, jadi aku abadi kan ia kat web aku) Kita seringkali bertanya dan mempertikaikan apa yang terjadi ke atas diri kita selama ini. Kita tidak sedar dan redha bahawa semua yang berlaku adalah ketentuan dan kehendak Allah jua... SOALAN LAZIM MANUSIA BILA KECEWA YA ALLAH? KENAPA SEMUA INI TERJADI PADA AKU? "Boleh jadi kamu membenci sesuatu padahal ia amat baik bagimu, dan boleh jadi pula kamu menyukai sesuatu, padahal ia amat buruk bagimu, Allah mengetahui sedang kamu tidak mengetahui." -Surah Al-Baqarah ayat 216 YA ALLAH? KENAPA BERAT SANGAT UJIAN INI? "Allah tidak membebani seseorang itu melainkan sesuai dengan Kesanggupannya." -Surah Al-Baqarah ayat 286 YA ALLAH? TERASA KEHIDUPAN INI SUDAH TIADA MAKNANYA LAGI. "Janganlah kamu bersikap lemah, dan janganlah pula kamu bersedih hati, padahal kamulah orang-orang yang paling tinggi darjatnya, jika kamu orang-orang yang beriman." - Surah Al-Imran ayat 139 "... ..dan janganlah kamu berputus asa dari rahmat Allah. Sesungguhnya tiada berputus asa dari rahmat Allah melainkan kaum yang kafir." -Surah Yusuf ayat 12 YA ALLAH? BAGAIMANA HARUS AKU MENGHADAPI SEGALANYA INI? "Dan mintalah pertolongan (kepada Allah) dengan jalan sabar dan mengerjakan sembahyang; dan sesungguhnya sembahyang itu amatlah berat kecuali kepada orang-orang yang khusyuk" -Surah Al-Baqarah ayat 45 YA ALLAH? APA YANG AKU DAPAT DARIPADA SEMUA INI? "Sesungguhnya Allah telah membeli dari orang-orang mu'min, diri, harta mereka dengan memberikan syurga untuk mereka... .. -Surah At-Taubah ayat 111 YA ALLAH? KEPADA SIAPA UNTUK AKU BERHARAP? "Cukuplah ! Allah bagiku, tidak ada Tuhan selain drNya. Hanya kepadaNya aku bertawakkal." -Surah At-Taubah ayat 129 YA ALLAH? BERIMANKAH AKU? "Apakah manusia itu mengira bahawa mereka dibiarkan saja mengatakan; "Kami telah beriman," sedangkan mereka tidak diuji? Dan sesungguhnya kami telah menguji orang-orang yang sebelum mereka, maka sesungguhnya Allah mengetahui orang-orang yang benar dan sesungguhnya Dia mengetahui orang-orang yang dusta.? -Surah Al-Ankabut ayat 2-3 Lumrah Alam

"Kadangkala Alam menyembunyikan matahari..
maka didatangkan petir dan kilat..
ada yang menangis dan tertanya-tanya,
kemanakah hilangnya sinar..
Rupa-rupanya.. Alam nak menghadiahkan indahnya pelangi..

Perpatah

"Jika anda mahu membuat sesuatu, anda akan cari jalan. Jika anda tidak mahu membuat sesuatu, anda akan cari alasan. "- Peribahasa Arab
" Ilmu pengetahuan pada masa muda akan membuat orang menjadi bijaksana pada hari tua."


"Jangan lupa untuk selalu memberikan penghargaan yang sesuai kepada mereka yang berprestasi, supaya prestasi mereka tetap dipertahankan dan mereka akan selalu setia kepada anda. "- Peribahasa Arab

Sumber: http://www.freewebs.com/farofeld05/

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