Malaysia's government says it remains confident about hitting its target of raising workers' compensation coverage to 40 percent by 2030. A deputy economy minister delivered that message in Kuala Lumpur on October 8. In plain terms, the goal is to bring four in ten workers under some form of compensation protection. That would mean a large jump from the current coverage level, which sits well below that mark. Officials treat the target as part of a broader effort to widen social protection across the workforce. The thinnest coverage tends to be found among informal and gig workers, who are the hardest group to reach. The 2030 deadline now depends in large part on how quickly the rest of the workforce is brought into these schemes.