Malaysia Labour Law Annual Leave Entitlement
As an employee you are entitled to a certain number of paid annual leave days in addition to your rest days and paid holidays.
Malaysia labour law annual leave entitlement. Employment act 1955 defines employees as individuals whose monthly wages are less than rm2 000 and those who are employed in manual work such as artisans transport operators supervisors and domestic workers too are classified as employees even if their wages are above rm2 000. I have been employed for less than a year am i entitled to sick leave annual leave and maternity leave under the employment act. However employment act 1955 only applies to peninsular malaysia and labuan.
If the contract of service has been terminated by either party before an employee has taken the annual leave to which he is entitled the employer shall pay the employee his ordinary rate of pay in respect of every day of such leave. 1b where any of the said ten gazetted public holidays or any other day substituted therefor as provided in subsection 1 or 1a falls within the period during which an employee is on sick leave or annual leave to which the employee is entitled under this act or falls during the period of temporary disablement under the workmen s compensation act 1952 or under the employees social. Annual leave paid.
An employee shall be entitled to a minimum number of 11 days of public holidays per year under the employment act. Employed less than 2 years.
