Published on 28 February 2023

发表于2023年2月28日

All employees including apprentices with apprenticeship of between 6 to 24 months are covered under Employment Act 1955.

However, not all employees are entitled to all the benefits prescribed under Employment Act 1955.

Employees whose basic salary exceeds RM4,000 a month will not be entitled to the following benefits:

• additional wages for work on rest day

• additional wages for overtime

• allowance during shift work

• additional wages for work on paid holiday (namely 11 of the gazetted public holidays and public holiday appointed under Section 8 of the Holidays Act 1951)

• termination, lay-off and retirement benefits

Despite earning basic salary of more than RM4,000 a month, an employee is still entitled to all the benefits under Employment Act 1955 if he or she is –

• engaged in manual labour (at least half the time he is required to work within the wage period) including artisan or apprentice;

• engaged in the operation or maintenance of mechanically propelled vehicle operated for the transport of passenger or goods or for reward or for commercial purposes; or

• supervises or oversees other employees engaged in manual labour under the same employer.

Irrespective of the monthly basic salary, an employee who is engaged in any capacity in any vessel registered in Malaysia and –

• is not an officer certified under the Merchant Shipping Acts of the United Kingdom;

• is not the holder of a local certificate as defined in Part VII of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952; or

• has not entered into agreement under Part III of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1952

are entitled all the benefits under Employment Act 1955 except benefits in respect of rest day, hours of work, task work, shift work, holidays, annual leave, sick leave and paternity leave.

Further, irrespective of the monthly basic salary, a domestic employee (namely employee working in a private dwelling house) are entitled all the benefits under Employment Act 1955 except benefits in respect of –

• notice of termination of contract

• advances to employees

• rest day, hours of work, task work, shift work, holidays, annual leave, sick leave and paternity leave

• duty of employer to keep registers and display notice boards

• pregnancy and maternity

• termination, lay-off and retirement benefits

For employers, it is important to know which categories your employees fall under and give them prescribed benefits to ensure compliance with the Employment Act 1955.

For employees, it is to know which categories you fall under and what are the prescribed benefits you are entitled to to know your rights.

This article is meant to provide general information on the topic and may not apply to all jurisdictions. If you require our advice and services on Employment Act 1955, please contact us.

所有雇员，包括学徒期为 6 至 24 个月的学徒，都受到《1955年雇佣法令》的保护。

然而，不是所有雇员都享有《1955年雇佣法令》所规定的所有福利。

每月底薪超过RM4,000的雇员不享有以下福利：

• 休息日工作的额外工资

• 加班的额外工资

• 轮班职工的津贴

• 有薪假日工作的额外工资（即宪报刊登的其中11 个公共假期和根据《 1951 年假日法令》所指定的公共假期）

• 终止、解雇和退休福利

即使每月底薪超过RM4,000，如果从事以下工作，雇员还是享有《1955年雇佣法令》的所有福利：

• 体力劳动（至少工资期内被要求工作的一半时间），包括工匠或学徒；

• 机械驱动交通工具的操作或维修，用于客运或货运、报酬或商业目的； 或

• 监督或监察在同一雇主手下从事体力劳动的其他雇员。

无论每月底薪是多少，在马来西亚注册的任何船只上任何职位的雇员，并且 –

• 不是根据联合王国《商船法》所认证的官员；

• 不是《1952年商船条例》第 VII 部所定义的本地证书持有人； 或

• 未根据《1952年商船条例》第 III 部达成协议

享有《1955 年雇佣法令》的所有福利（有关休息日、工作时间、差事、轮班职工、假日、年假、病假和陪产假的福利除外）。

另外，无论每月底薪是多少，家政雇员（即在私人住宅工作的雇员）享有《1955 年雇佣法令》的所有福利，但以下的福利除外：

• 合同终止通知

• 给雇员的预付

• 休息日、工作时间、差事、轮班职工、假日、年假、病假和陪产假的福利除外

• 雇主保存记录和展示布告板

• 妊娠和产妇

• 终止、解雇和退休福利

雇主须知道您的雇员属于哪些类别，并提供他们规定的福利，以遵守《1955年雇佣法令》。

雇员须知道自己属于哪些类别和享有哪些规定福利，方知道自己的权利。

本文旨在提供有关该主题的一般信息，可能并不适用于所有司法管辖区。如果您需要有关《1955年雇佣法令》的法律意见和服务，请联系我们。