Malaysian Labour Law Overtime Rules

The employment act 1955 malaysia is the core legislation approved for the welfare and all relevant aspects of employee in malaysia.

Malaysian labour law overtime rules. If the employee s salary exceeded rm2 000 a month then the hours of work and overtime will be referred to the terms agreed under the employment contract. Where an employee is allowed more than one rest day in a week employees working on 5 day week the last of the rest days shall be the rest day for overtime purposes. Overtime limit regulaltions 1980. 1 this act may be cited as the employment act 1955.

Peninsular malaysia 1 june 1957 l n. These are applicable for native labors who are actively serving various businesses in this country. 18 days for those between two to five years of service. A 400 2000 p art i preliminary short title and application 1.

Laws of malaysia act 265 employment act 1955 an act relating to employment. However the law requires that a female employee who is about to leave her employment and knows she is expected to deliver within 4 months from her last date of employment must notify her employer of her pregnancy failing which she will not be allowed to receive any maternity allowance. Federal territory of labuan 1 november 2000 p u. Overtime on rest days every employee is allowed a rest day of one whole day per week.

In this article we will study the laws governing the hours of work and overtime work for employees under malaysia s labour laws. If the employee s salary does not exceed rm2 000 a month or falls within the first schedule of employment act 1955 then we will refer to the employment act 1955. Free web labour laws malaysian labour laws. No child under the age of 15 years or young person between age of 15 years and under the age of 18 years engaged in any employment shall in any period of 7 consecutive days be required or permitted to work for more than 6 days.

So for employees working monday to friday the rest day will be sunday. For a service of less than two years you re allowed a number of 14 days of m cs. This act prohibits children from working near hazardous and poisonous materials. How to make claims at labour department last update august 2020.

2 any employer who fails to pay to any of his employees any overtime wages as provided under this act or any subsidiary legislation made thereunder commits an offence and shall also on conviction be ordered by the court before which he is convicted to pay to the employee concerned the overtime wages due and the amount of overtime wages so ordered by the court to be paid shall be recoverable as if it were a fine imposed by such court.