Develop your people with training fund your company has already built up. We guide the claim from start to finish.
HRD Corp Claimable means a programme has been approved by HRD Corp to help employers retrain and upskill their employees, with the cost paid from the levy your company contributes. It is often still referred to as HRDF claimable, from before HRD Corp’s rebrand.
What you can claim depends on three things: your levy balance, the programme itself, and how many eligible employees attend.
Not sure which programme to book first? A training needs analysis (TNA) tells you before you spend the levy.
Employers required to contribute to HRD Corp build up a training fund through a monthly levy. Used well, it funds the upskilling of employees across the company, from newly promoted managers to frontline teams, through claimable programmes. Unutilised funds are forfeited after two years.
Mandatory · 10+ Employees
Of monthly wages. Employers with 10 or more Malaysian employees must register with HRD Corp and contribute.
Optional · 5-9 Employees
Of monthly wages. Employers with 5 to 9 Malaysian employees may choose to register at the reduced rate.
Rates published by HRD Corp. We confirm your levy status before you commit.
Log in to the HRD Corp employer portal to see your available levy balance. If unsure, AZEO can walk you through it.
Select the AZEO programme that fits your team's needs. We scope the content, confirm the claimable amount, and handle the paperwork.
The programme runs as planned: in-house, at a venue, or virtually. Your team builds the skills.
Once the training is done, return the claim documents to us. Our team will submit the claim to HRD Corp.
HRD Corp grant approval needs to be obtained before the training takes place.
All six core AZEO programme areas are structured to meet HRD Corp standards, and each is scoped around your team rather than delivered from a fixed syllabus.
Build the managers your business needs: leadership mindset, performance conversations, and strategic thinking for mid to senior leaders.
Not just a ropes course. Structured challenges and facilitated reflection, for teams of any size, indoor or outdoor.
Hands-on sessions covering the practical side of running a business, such as HR compliance, First Aid, and e-Invoice implementation. Directly relevant to daily operations.
A structured approach to prospecting, pitching, objection handling and closing, the full cycle, not just the pitch.
Business writing, presentations and stakeholder and cross functional communication, the skills your people use every single day.
Judgement for working with AI, at both levels: knowing when to trust an output and when to override it, and knowing when AI adoption itself is the right call, and how to lead a team through it.
If you employ 10 or more Malaysian employees, registering and contributing 1% of monthly wages is mandatory. With 5 to 9 Malaysian employees, registration is optional at a reduced rate of 0.5%. Rates published by HRD Corp.
Yes. SBL-Khas was the previous name of the scheme, and it was renamed HRD Corp Claimable Course. Plenty of employers, and a fair few providers, still say SBL-Khas out of habit. If someone tells you your training is claimable under SBL-Khas, this is the scheme they mean.
Yes, same fund, newer name. HRDF is what the levy was called before the body rebranded as HRD Corp. Plenty of employers still say “HRDF claimable” out of habit. It means exactly what “HRD Corp claimable” means: the programme is paid out of your levy instead of your own training budget.
It’s broader than just the training fee. Depending on the type of training and how it’s structured, the levy can also cover items like trainer fees, meals, accommodation, transport etc. HRD Corp sets out exactly what’s allowable for each programme type in their Allowable Cost Matrix. Reimbursement is capped at whichever is lower: the approved amount or your actual cost. We confirm which of these apply to your specific programme before you confirm.
There’s actually a fixed reference for this: HRD Corp’s Allowable Cost Matrix, which sets the maximum claimable amount by training type. What you can actually claim also depends on your available levy balance.
All six core areas: team building, leadership, business operation essential skills, role-based skills, workplace power skills and AI powered skills programmes. Each one is structured to meet HRD Corp standards. See the full programme list. Individual courses run the same way, including first aid training and presentation skills.
After the training. The claim itself can only be submitted once the programme has been delivered. What happens before training is the grant application, which needs HRD Corp’s approval first; that approval is what makes the claim afterward possible.
On the claim itself, we submit the claim for training fees, and the employer submits the claim for any allowances. If your HR team is new to the process, we will guide you through it step by step.
The grant is usually approved within 1 to 3 days of your application. After the training, once you return the complete signed documents to us, our operations team submits the claim within 5 days. HRD Corp usually approves within 1 to 3 weeks.
Both assume HRD Corp comes back with no queries. If they do, it takes longer.
You do not need to become an expert to use your levy. As your solution provider, AZEO guides you through the whole process: working out which costs apply, preparing the documents, and submitting our part of the claim after training. If your HR team wants hands-on guidance for application, AZEO will walk them through that too.
In practice: the grant application before the training is submitted by you: we prepare what goes into it. For soft skills and team building that means the quotation, the course outline, the trainer profile and the trainer accreditation certificate. The claim after the training is submitted by our operations team: claim form, signed attendance and invoice.
Tell us what your team is facing. We provide a free consultation to recommend the right programme and advise on how to utilise your levy.
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