Malaysian Labour Law Sick Leave
The law on sick leave the main body of legislation governing employment law in malaysia is the employment act 1955 ea.
Malaysian labour law sick leave. No child under the age of 15 years or young person between age of 15 years and under the age of 18 years engaged in any employment shall in any period of 7 consecutive days be required or permitted to work for more than 6 days. 18 days every year if the employee has been employed for two years or more but less than five years. The employer shall pay the employee his ordinary rate of pay for every day of such sick leave and an employee on a monthly rate of pay shall be deemed to have received his sick leave pay if he receives from his employer his monthly wages without abatement in respect of the days on which he was on sick leave. Less than 2 years of service 14 days.
14 days every year if the employee has been employed for less than two years. Meaning total sick leave total hospitalisation 60 days. 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 may commence before the date of confinement as is medically advised. 1b where an employee who is on paid annual leave becomes entitled to sick leave or maternity leave while on such annual leave the employee shall be granted the sick leave or the maternity leave as the case may be and the annual leave shall be deemed to have not been taken in respect of the days for which sick leave or maternity leave is so granted.
Employers should not in any way instruct employees to utilise their annual leave entitlement or take unpaid leave while serving quarantine. This act prohibits children from working near hazardous and poisonous materials. And 22 days in a calendar year for those in service for more than five years. What you need to know about the wuhan virus in malaysia photo 123rf.
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. Mr a entitled 14 sick leave then he is entitled 46 hospitalisation. Sick leave is an entitlement to begin with. Following which if the illness does not require hospitalisation the employee is entitled to sick leave days as follows.