KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 -- The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has received 205,342 applications from employers involving nearly 1.7 million workers for the Wage Subsidy Programme between April 1-22, 2020.

In a press statement today, its chief executive officer Datuk Seri Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said the majority of the applications came from micro and small enterprises employing less than 75 people per company.

Currently there are 197,321 applications from employers with a workforce of less than 75 individuals involving 1,242,504 employees nationwide.

The second category, which are employers with a workforce between 76 to 200 individuals, has 5,923 applications involving 231,387 employees.

The final category are employers wi...