Employment Act 1955 Malaysia Latest
An act relating to employment.
Employment act 1955 malaysia latest. 1 this act may be cited as the employment act 1955. Legislation from this website is not a copy of the gazette printed by the government printer percetakan nasional malaysia berhad for the purposes of section 61 of the interpretation acts 1948 and 1967 act 388 and does not constitute prima facie evidence of the contents of the gazette by virtue of the section. 14 01 2018 call for amendment to employment act 1955 to be done comprehensively news cutting 2018 call for amendment to employm ent act 1955 to be done comprehensively the sun online. The employment act provides minimum terms and conditions mostly of monetary value to certain category of workers any employee as long as his month wages is less than rm2000 00 and.
Laws of malaysia act 265 employment act 1955 an act relating to employment. The ea came into force on 1st of june 1957. Employment 9 laws of malaysia act 265 employment act 1955 an act relating to employment. 1 this act may be cited as the employment act 1955.
The main legislation governing employment in malaysia is the employment act 1955 act 265 hereinafter referred to as ea. The amendment to the employment act 1955 to tackle discrimination at workplaces should. 2 this act shall apply to west malaysia only. A 400 2000 p art i preliminary short title and application 1.
Federal territory of labuan 1 november 2000 p u. Interpretation 1 in this act unless the context otherwise requires. Federal territory of labuan 1 november 2000 p u. Peninsular malaysia 1 june 1957 l n.
The employment actsets out certain minimum benefits that are afforded to applicable employees. The employment act 1955 and the employment termination and lay off benefits regulations 1980 govern the retrenchment procedures of employees who earn not more than rm2 000 monthly and manual workers irrespective of the number of their monthly salaries. The employment act 1955 is the main legislation on labour matters in malaysia. A 400 2000 part i preliminary short title and application 1.
It has gone through several amendments since most notably in 2012 when extensive modifications were made to ea to make it up to date with current conditions and to provide wider protection to the employees. An act relating to employment. 2 this act shall apply to. Created on 15 january 2018.
Peninsular malaysia 1 june 1957 l n. Overview and latest update on employment act 1955 with employment amendment act 2012 and employment part time employee regulations 2011 9 00 am to 5 00pm 19 20 august 2014 tue wed fmm kedah perlis sg petani introduction employment act 1955 is the fundamental employment legislation in this country prescribing the statutory minimum.