Employment Act 1955 is a fundamental law, which provides
minimum terms & conditions of employment to those defined as “Employees” under the Act. All relevant provisions under the Act will be highlighted including the EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022 (Act A1651).

 

• Scope of the Act
• Definition of the terms
• Contracts of service/Contracts for service
• Termination of employment
• Advances & deductions
• Priority of wages
• Principals, Contractors, Sub Contractors & Contractors for
Labour
• Pregnancy & Maternity
• Rest Day
• Hours of work & working at night
• Overtime
• Public holidays
• Annual leave
• Sick leave
• Paternity leave
• Employment of Foreign Employees
• Flexible working arrangement
• Discrimination in Employment
• Sexual Harassment
• Forced Labour
• Presumption as to who is an employee & employer

 

Goh Seng Wing is a Senior Consultant Industrial Relations with Malaysian Employers Federation. He has extensive experience in the interpretation of the employment laws in Malaysia. A former Deputy Director General of Labour , Semenanjung Malaysia, and a former Senior Director, Department of Industrial Relations, Malaysia.