Long delays in contract approvals from the Defence Ministry (Mindef) are what led to late salary payments by Airod Sdn Bhd for which the latter was recently fined to the tune of RM66,000, claimed its executive’s union.

Responding to a news report that revealed the hefty fine imposed by a Magistrate’s Court for 44 charges of failure to abide by the time frame for payroll disbursement, the union said this could have been avoided...