Malaysian Labour Law Sick Leave

The information below on labour rights in malaysia was obtained from the official website of the malaysian ministry of human resources.

Malaysian labour law sick leave. Date of payment of wages. Short title and application. The main body of legislation governing employment law in malaysia is the employment act 1955 ea. An employee is covered by the ea ea employee if they have entered into a contract of service and their monthly wages do not exceed rm2 000 00 irrespective of occupation or if they are involved in specific.

Summary of employment laws in malaysia employment act 1955. Effect on act of other written laws. Employment law malaysian employment law employment act 1955 statutory rights of employee basic guide to employment section 7 employment act 1955 first schedule employment act 1955 industrial relation act 1967 holidays act 1951 weekly holidays act 1950 income tax act 1967 schedular tax deduction children and young person employment act 1966 employees provident fund. Meaning total sick leave total hospitalisation 60 days.

Penalties for failure or non compliance in relation to rest days overtime holidays annual leave and sick leave 1. While getting an mc is a must don t forget to inform your employer that you won t be showing up at work. In addition section 60f 1 bb provides that you are entitled to 60 days of paid sick leave in total per calendar year if you need hospitalization. If you fail to do this within 48 hours you will be considered absent without permission or reasonable excuse mc or not.

Maternity leave compulsory under employee act 1955 as a working mother you are entitled for a period of not less than 60 consecutive days maternity leave in respect of each confinement with full pay which. The employment act 1955 is the main legislation on labour matters in malaysia. Two years but less than five years of service 18 days. Less than 2 years of service 14 days 2.

Sick leave is an entitlement to begin with. Mr a entitled 14 sick leave then he is entitled 46 hospitalisation. Note that this article only focuses on the employment laws for peninsular malaysia and labuan. Sick leave and or maternity leave is not considered as annual leave.

Part i preliminary. Employees covered under the employment act 1955 which only applies to peninsular malaysia and labuan are entitled to a minimum number of sick leaves in accordance to their length of service with the company. 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.