Malaysia Employment Act 1955
A 400 2000 part i preliminary short title and application 1.
Malaysia employment act 1955. Employment act 1955 an act relating to employment. On the other hand a contractor is usually an individual or company who is hired or appointed under the contract for service solely to work on for a specific project or task for purposes of the principal s trade or business. Employment act 1955 an act relating to employment. 1 this act may be cited as the employment act 1955.
A 400 2000 p art i preliminary short title and application 1. The ea came into force on 1st of june 1957. Employment laws in malaysia provides standard conditions for specific types of employees working in this nation. 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.
Peninsular malaysia 1 june 1957 l n. 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. For the most part pursuant to the employment act 1955 an individual who has entered into a contract of service would be deemed an employee. Federal territory of labuan 1 november 2000 p u.
1 this act may be cited as the employment act 1955. Peninsular malaysia 1 june 1957 l n. 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. If the employee s salary does not exceed rm2 000 a month or falls within the first schedule of employment act.
The employment act 1955 is the main legislation on labour matters in malaysia. An act relating to employment. What is the employment act 1955 module 1 5. Short title and application 1 this act may be cited as the employment act 1955.
Interpretation 1 in this act unless the context otherwise requires. 2 this act shall apply to peninsular malaysia only. An act relating to employment. These are applicable for native labors who are actively serving various businesses in this country.
In this article we will study the laws governing the hours of work and overtime work for employees under malaysia s labour laws. 2 this act shall apply to peninsular malaysia only. The main legislation governing employment in malaysia is the employment act 1955 act 265 hereinafter referred to as ea. Federal territory of labuan 1 november 2000 p u.
The employment act 1955 malaysia is the core legislation approved for the welfare and all relevant aspects of employee in malaysia. But overtime can be a very confusing matter. In malaysia overtime is still popular among companies especially in the f b sector.