Labour Law anybody ??

[expat1609]

anybody knows about labour laws, regarding overtime pay.

as far as i know, any overtime on workdays is 150% pay
saturdays double pay
sundays and public holidays triple pay

the question arising now is the following:

if the hourly salary is e.g. RM 25, for each hour worked on sunday the employee is entitled to RM 75 pay.
as public holidays are paid worktime allready (8 hrs included in the monthly salary), is the employee then entitled to RM 50 or RM 75 for each hour worked on a public holiday?

hope anybody has the answer, not a wild guess, coz wild guesses i have plenty allready :D

thx
expat1609

[kwchang]

I believe overtime is only applicable to non-executive staff (ie non-graduates).


HELP!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS MY POSTING, NOT KWCHANG'S - SHALI
TECHNICAL GLITCH
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While OT doesnt apply to graduates, some executives get either a 'meal allowance' - which can be a cool RM15 for dinner - or even an OT by any other name, stiupulated in their contracts or even Ad hoc basis.

You cant expect an executive to do work till 2 am, without some form of OT - but that is usually mentioned in the contract or a 'memo' for specific latenight job.

But the funny side of the law is this : There is a limit to OT - even if the employer is generous, it cannot exceed certain amount - thats crazy.

--SHALI--

[expat1609]

I believe overtime is only applicable to non-executive staff (ie non-graduates).
There are plenty of local books on labour laws in Malaysia.

yup, plenty of books for one detail, see my fingers smoking and eyes tearing allredy :(

[totoro]

I happen to have a link handy. Here's the online version of the Malaysian Employment Act 1955 (http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/WEBTEXT/48055/66265/E55mys01.htm).

You want Section 60.

The Employment Act aims to protect the very basic minimal rights of an employee in Malaysia, and does little more than that. A point to note is that it covers employees with monthly income of below RM5,000 only (previously it was RM1,500).

Chang is right, overtime never even applied to me. :(

[expat1609]

I happen to have a link handy. Here's the online version of the Malaysian Employment Act 1955 (http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/WEBTEXT/48055/66265/E55mys01.htm).

You want Section 60.

The Employment Act aims to protect the very basic minimal rights of an employee in Malaysia, and does little more than that. A point to note is that it covers employees with monthly income of below RM5,000 only (previously it was RM1,500).

Chang is right, overtime never even applied to me. :(

great, thx a lot (was googling around labour law, not act, matsalleh understands different things if hearing "act")

bit shocking anyway those regulations and no overtime applies.

[Spanker]

If you're earning on hourly rates, they are called wages. And if i'm not mistaken, labor law states that employers cannot make their employees work more than 48 hours a week, and if so must be compensated by an increased rate (of how much I am not sure of). Naturally, many malaysian employers fail to adhere to these laws.

[bm007snr]

great, thx a lot (was googling around labour law, not act, matsalleh understands different things if hearing "act")

bit shocking anyway those regulations and no overtime applies.
Isn't an Act of Parliament the same pretty much everywhere ?

i've always thought that an Act (synonym of Statute, Legislation) is a part of the law.. and an Act simply means a law made by the Parliament (through whatever process)

...just like some other laws which are formed through different ways.