MYLabourLaw - Quick Guides

Domestic Inquiry

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:57:38 GMT

14. (1) An employer may, on the grounds of misconduct inconsistent with the fulfillment of the express or implied conditions of his service, after due inquiry: (a) dismiss without notice the employee; or (b) downgrade the employee; or

Guide To Industrial Relations Act 1967

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:08:02 GMT

No person shall interfere with, restrain or coerce a workman or an employer in the exercise of his rights to form, to join trade union or to participate in its lawful activities.

Guide To Employment Act 1955

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:04:03 GMT

1. The definition of "employees" The following types of employees are included: (a) Any employee as long as his month wages is less than RM1500.00 and

Guide To Trade Unions Act 1959

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:53:39 GMT

Every trade union shall apply to be registered under this Trade Unions Act in order to function lawfully.

Termination and Lay-off Benefits

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:53:11 GMT

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Employment (Termination and Lay-Off Benefits) Regulations 1980.

Sick Leave

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:52:56 GMT

(1) An employee shall, after examination at the expense of the employer:

Maternity Benefits

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:52:40 GMT

37. (1) (a) Every female employee shall be entitled to maternity leave for a period of not less than sixty consecutive days (also referred to in this Part as the eligible period) in respect of each confinement and, subject to this Part, she shall be entitled to receive from her employer a maternity allowance to be calculated or prescribed as provided in subsection (2) in respect of the eligible period.

Annual Leave

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:52:25 GMT

60E. (1) An employee shall be entitled to paid annual leave of :

Who is Covered Under the Employment Act

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:59:00 GMT

1. Any person, irrespective of his occupation, who has entered into a contract of service with an employer under which such person’s wages do not exceed one thousand five hundred ringgit a month.

Differences Between the Employment Act and the Industrial Relations Act

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:16:45 GMT

1. Any person, irrespective of his occupation, who has entered into a contract of service with an employer under which such person's wages do not exceed one thousand five hundred ringgit a month.(which means not more than RM1500.00)

Making Claims

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:14:20 GMT

69. (1) The Director-General may inquire into and decide any dispute between an employee and his employer in respect of wages or any other payments in cash due to such employee under:

Sexual Harassment

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:54:11 GMT

Kementerian Sumber Manusia Launched August, 1999 FOREWORD (Excerpts from the Keynote Address of Y.B. Dato' Lim Ah Lek, Minister of Human Resources, Malaysia at the official opening of the National Workshop On Sexual Harassment In The Workplace on 1 March 1999 at Kuala Lumpur).

Domestic Servants

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:50:08 GMT

Subject to any express provision to the contrary contained therein, a contract to employ and to serve as a domestic servant may be terminated either by the person employing the domestic servant or by the domestic servant giving the other party fourteen days' notice of his intention to terminate the contract, or by the paying of an indemnity equivalent to the wages which the domestic servant would have earned in fourteen days:

Probation

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:48:43 GMT

The Employment Act does distinguish between a employee under probation and other employees. He enjoys all the same rights as any other confirmed employee. Why probation?

Deductions from Wages

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:45:12 GMT

(1). No deductions shall be made by an employer from the wages of an employee otherwise than in accordance with this Act.

Limitation of Advances to Employees

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:39:15 GMT

No employer shall during any one month make to an employee an advance or advances of wages not already earned by such employee which exceeds to the aggregate the amount of wages which the employee earned in the preceding month from his employment with such employer, or if he has not been so long in the employment of such employer, the amount which he is likely to earn in such employment during one month, unless such advance is made to the employee:

Contract of Service

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:33:42 GMT

Under the Employment Act 1955 "Contract of service" is defined as: