Labour Law Malaysia Salary Calculation

Trade unions act 1959.

Labour law malaysia salary calculation. If the employer pays you an monthly salary multiply it by 12 to get your annual salary and divide 365 days to get salary per day and than deduct salary day as per absent. 230 x 28 6440. Minimum wage order 2012. The employment act 1955 ea and the employment termination and lay off benefits regulations 1980 regulations govern the retrenchment exercise of employees who earn not more than rm2 000 monthly and manual workers irrespective of the amount of their monthly salaries.

Malaysia s basic labour law for employers. 1 working hours permitted under akta kerja 1955. 1st june 1957 part i preliminary. 2 this act shall apply to west malaysia only.

What are the statutory deductions from an employee s salary. Industrial relations act 1967. The employment act 1955 is the main legislation on labour matters in malaysia. 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.

The employment actsets out certain minimum benefits that are afforded to applicable employees. Employment termination and layoff bebefits regulations. The logic he is giving is as per law after working for 6 days the employee is entitled for 1 day week off and hence we cannot claim that we are paying for the employees week off day also. In malaysia overtime is still popular among companies especially in the f b sector.

A a worker cannnot work for directly for 5 hours non stop without a minimum rest time for 30 minutes. But overtime can be a very confusing matter. A worker cannot work more than 8 hours per day and more than 48 hours per week. Is this the right way what does the labour law says how to calulate e g 7000 is monthly salary x 12 84000 84000 divide by 365 rs 230 day feb.

Interpretation 1 in this act unless the context otherwise requires. An act relating to employment. Childrean and young persons employment act. Minimum retirement age act 2012.

6 malaysian labour laws you should be aware of diana sequerah on march 3 2016 while those who have already been in the workforce for a while may already been accustomed to the labour laws here are some fundamental need to knows for those who are just about to venture into the working world. Overtime limit regulaltions 1980. If the employee s salary does not exceed rm2 000 a month or falls within the first schedule of employment act. The labour inspector is saying that we cannot divide the salary of employee by 30 days and it need to be divided by 26 days.

Summary of employment laws in malaysia employment act 1955. Short title and application 1 this act may be cited as the employment act 1955.