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Employment Act 1995 (“EA) is the primary legislation in Malaysia that outlines the legal rights and responsibilities of both employers and employees. Malaysia’s EA has undergone several amendments, which have been critically important to the country’s employment landscape. The most recent amendment came in 2022, and its enforcement set in on January 1, 2023. Who is covered under the EA? As it stood before the change, EA only concerned individuals...

Anywhere in the world, any working individual can retire anytime they want, and the age at which one decides to stop working is entirely dependent on them. However, in Malaysia, no employer can retire their employee before they reach the minimum age set by the law. This article will explore the law on the retirement age of a Malaysian working in the private sector. Here are six fundamental points to...

Unfortunately sexual harassment has become more widely reported these days, and is rightly categoried as serious misconduct, no matter in what form it takes. It affects the victim physically and mentally, and when it goes unpunished, the harasser will likely continue to harass one victim to another. Nowadays, when talking about sexual harassment, it does not exclusively involve only female victims, as the number of reports on male victims who...

The Industrial Relations Act 1976 (LRA), states that when an employee considers themselves dismissed without just cause or excuse by the employer, they may make representations to the Director-General to be reinstated. But what is the position if the employee is not dismissed, but finds themselves in a situation where they have no choice but to resign due to the conduct or decisions of the employer? The LRA does not...