Corporate training your team can claim back

HRD Corp claimable training is workplace learning that a registered Malaysian employer can pay for using its Human Resource Development levy instead of out-of-pocket cash. Under the Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad Act 2001, employers with ten or more local employees contribute a levy of 1% of each worker’s monthly wages into a fund managed by HRD Corp; employers with five to nine employees may register at an optional 0.5% — our HRD Corp levy calculator works out the monthly figure for your own payroll, and how much is the HRD Corp levy walks through the calculation line by line.

That money sits in your levy account waiting to be spent on approved training — which is why running a claimable course costs you the levy you have already paid, not a fresh budget line. HRD Corp sets the rules, approves the providers and approves the grants.

The most common route for an open programme is the SBL-Khas scheme (Skim Bantuan Latihan Khas, or HRD Corp Claimable Courses); our guide to HRD Corp, SBL-Khas and claimable courses sets out how the three names relate. Under SBL-Khas, HRD Corp pays the training provider directly from your levy once your grant is approved, so cash never leaves your account for an eligible course. Carriera Academy Sdn Bhd (Co.1112514-D) is an HRD Corp Approved Training Provider, which means our programmes are recognised under this scheme.

Rather than chase a long course list, Carriera Academy concentrates on five themes where Malaysian employers carry a real, current compliance or productivity burden. Specific course titles and dates open on a rolling basis — see the live schedule further down — but every programme sits inside one of these:

• Tax, SST, e-Invoice & LHDN. Indirect tax and the e-Invoice mandate are moving fast — the e-Invoice exemption threshold was raised to an annual turnover of RM1,000,000 from 1 January 2026, so many smaller firms are newly in or out of scope — our guide to who is exempt from e-Invoice and when each phase starts has the full table. We keep finance and operations teams current. LHDN’s e-Invoice portal is the official reference.
• Employment Act & payroll. Statutory deductions, leave, notice and termination — the ground covered in our employer guide to the Employment Act 1955 — plus the national minimum wage of RM1,700 a month, enforced for all employers since 1 August 2025 with penalties of up to RM10,000 per affected employee (The Star).
• Financial analysis & budgeting. Reading the numbers, building budgets and tightening budgetary control — for managers who own a P&L but did not train as accountants.
• Excel & data. From clean spreadsheets to formulas, pivot tables and dashboards that turn operational data into decisions.
• AI for productivity. Practical, governed use of AI tools to draft, summarise and analyse — aimed at everyday office work, not coding.

Related: HRD Corp Claimable Tax, SST & e-Invoice Training · Employment Act, HR & Payroll Training (HRD Corp) · HRD Corp Claimable Financial Analysis & Budgeting Training · HRD Corp Claimable Excel & Data Analysis Training · HRD Corp Claimable AI for Productivity Training

Any employer registered with HRD Corp and contributing the levy can fund eligible training through SBL-Khas. That covers a large share of Malaysian businesses: micro, small and medium enterprises make up 96.1% of business establishments and employ 48.7% of the workforce — about 8.10 million people — according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM, 2024).

If your company already pays the levy, the fund is yours to use; if you are below the mandatory threshold, you may still register voluntarily. It is worth checking the balance before you plan a year of training: levy left unclaimed for two years is forfeited above RM10,000. If you are unsure of your status, Carriera can help you check before you commit to a date.

Claiming is straightforward and the same whether you join an open programme or book an in-house run for your team:

1. Register your interest for a programme on our schedule, or message Steph to scope an in-house session, which is HRD Corp claimable too.
2. We confirm the date, fee, CPD hours and venue by email and issue an invoice.
3. Submit the grant in the HRD Corp eTRiS portal under SBL-Khas, attaching our quotation — do this before the course start date.
4. Attend and complete the training; we provide the attendance and assessment records HRD Corp requires.
5. HRD Corp settles the approved cost from your levy, so eligible training is funded from money you have already contributed.

Exact claimable amounts, allowable components and submission windows are governed by HRD Corp’s current circulars — always confirm the latest rules on the official HRD Corp site or ask us and we will point you to the right reference.