A worker, Mohamad Tajuddin Jailani, said the management had informed them that their salaries will now be banked in on Sept 30.
No reasonable excuse was given for the delay, said Mohamad Tajuddin.
Another employee, Saiful Sallehuddin, said some of his colleagues had resigned due to disappointment over AAM’s inability to keep their word.
“They didn’t give any reason for the postponement and now more employees have resigned due to this.
“In fact, the management did not discuss (the situation) with us at all.”
Saiful claimed the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) was also in the process of taking action against the company for defaulting on contributions to the employees for almost a year.
AAM employees received their last salary on Aug 18. That was the payment they should have received in May.
The company then promised to pay the balance of two months by Sept 15. The payments, however, have still not been made.
AAM’s Deputy Chairman Wan Zaharuddin Wan Ahmad had then promised to bank in the salaries on Sept 23.
“We have already released a statement that there is a slight delay as our funding came in late, which has been informed to the employees.
“We promise to pay the two months’ salary by Sept 23,” he had said when contacted by FMT.
The Star, on Saturday, reported that AAM is currently fraught with a debt crisis amounting to RM6 million.
According to the English daily, which quoted an unnamed AAM official, the country’s premier motoring authority had not only failed to pay its employees for months, but had to deal with members who were demanding refunds of the annual fees paid.
The official also revealed that services offered by the body had been crippled as there was no one to attend to calls at any of its 16 breakdown centres, and that it was looking to sell off its building in Shah Alam for RM7.5 million as part of its plan to recoup its losses.