Popular Labour Law Guides

• Guide To Employment Act 1955

  The Employment Act provides minimum terms and conditions (mostly of monetary value) to certain category of workers.The following types of employees are incl... more

• Annual Leave

  60E. (1) An employee shall be entitled to paid annual leave of :(a) eight days for every twelve months of continuous service with the same employer if he ha... more

• Sick Leave

  (1) An employee shall, after examination at the expense of the employer:(a) by a registered medical practitioner duly appointed by the employer; or(b) if no... more

• Termination and Lay-off Benefits

  1. These Regulations may be cited as the Employment (Termination and Lay-Off Benefits) Regulations 1980.2. In these Regulations unless the context otherwise... more

• Who is Covered Under the Employment Act: First Schedule - Section 2(1)

  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 exce... more

• Probation

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

• Maternity Benefits

  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 a... more

• Contract of Service

  Under the Employment Act 1955 "Contract of service" is defined as:“contract of service” means any agreement, whether oral or in writin... more

• Domestic Inquiry

  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 inqui... more

• Differences Between the Employment Act and the Industrial Relations Act

  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... more

• Deductions from Wages

  (1). No deductions shall be made by an employer from the wages of an employee otherwise than in accordance with this Act.(2) It shall be lawful for an emplo... more

• Guide To Industrial Relations Act 1967

  The Industrial Relations Act provides ways for settlement of trade disputes between employers and employees.No person shall interfere with, restrain or coer... more

• Employment (Limitation of Overtime Work) Regulations 1980

  These Regulations may be cited as the Employment (Limitation of Overtime Work) Regulations 1980.The limit of overtime work for the purpose of section 60A (4... more

• Sexual Harassment

  Kementerian Sumber ManusiaLaunched August, 1999(Excerpts from the Keynote Address of Y.B. Dato' Lim Ah Lek, Minister of Human Resources, Malaysia at the... more

• Making Claims

  If you are an employee as defined in the First Schedule and even if you are not defined as such but your salary exceeds RM2000.00 but does not exceed RM5000... more