EMPLOYMENT ACT,

1955 SOCIAL SECURITY

ACT, 1969
 OBJECTIVE

1. State the purpose of the three

Acts

2. Explain the provisions related to

occupational safety and health in
all three Acts
 SCOPE

 Purpose of the Act

 Scope of the Act
 Enforcement of the Act
 Main provision of the Act
 Conclusion
 INTRODUCTION

 In Malaysia, there are two Acts focusing on

the staff welfare and protection in cases of
accidents.

 These Acts are:

1. Employment Act, 1955 and
2. Social Security Act, 1969

 These Acts stipulates the duties of the

employer in ensuring the welfare of the
employee and given adequate protection
 PROVISIONS OF THE ACT

Among the provisions outlines in the Act are:

1. Contracts of Service
2. Payment of Wages
3. Deductions from
4. Wages
5. Wages to be Paid in Other Forms
6. Priority of Wages
Contractor and principle
 PROVISIONS OF THE ACT

7. Employment of Women
8. Maternity Protection
9. Domestic Servants
10. Rest Days, Hours of
Work,
Conditions
Holidays of
andService
other
11. Termination, Lay-off and Retirement Benefits
12. Employment of Foreign Workers
 PROVISIONS OF THE ACT

13. Registers, Return and Notice Boards

14. Inspection
15. Complaints and Inquiries
16. Procedure
17. Offences and Penalties
18. Regulations
19. Repeal and Saving
 EMPLOYMENT ACT 1955

 The purposes of this Act are:

1. Outlines statutory provisions related to employment

1. Protect the rights of the workers employed by

the employee

 The Act is applicable in West Malaysia only

 INTERPRETATION

 Em ployee – any person who has entered

into a contract of service;
# Salary < RM 1,500/month
For the following employees, there is no
minimum salary scale:
1. Manual labour
2. Handling/operating transportation
vehicles (goods/people) for commercial
3. purposes Supervisor for manual labour
 INTERPRETATION

4. Supervising or monitoring manual labour that

has been employed under the same employer

5. In any field in any ship registered in Malaysia

(except officer under the United Kingdom
Commercial Shipping Act or Commercial Shipping
Ordinance 1952)
 INTERPRETATION

 Em ployer – any person who has entered

into a contract of service to employ another
person as an employee including agent and
manager
 P lace of em ploym ent – any place where
work is carried on for an employer by an
employee
 Contractor – any person who contracts a
principal to carry out the whole or any part of
any work undertaken be the principal
 INTERPRETATION

 Contract of service – any agreement,

whether oral or in writing and whether
express or implied, whereby one person
agrees to employ another and the other
agrees to serve as an employee
 PROVISIONS RELATED TO SAFETY,
HEALTH & WELFARE

 Employment of women
 Prohibition of night work
 Prohibition of underground work
 Prohibition of employment by
Minister
 Maternity protection
 Sick leave
 Rest days, duration of work
 Hours of work
 Annual leave
 Work on rest days
 REGULATIONS UNDER THE
EMPLOYMENT ACT 1955

 Employment Regulations 1957

 Employment (Employment of Women)
(Female Conductors) 1958
 Employment (Employment of Women) (Shift
Workers) 1970
 Employment (Limitation of Powers of
Officers) 1993
 REGULATIONS UNDER THE
EMPLOYMENT ACT 1955

 Employment (Minimum Rate of Maternity

Allowance) 1976
 Employment (Termination and Lay-Off
Benefits) 1980
 Employment (Limitation of Overtime Works)
1980
 SOCIAL SECURITIES ACT 1952

 Social Security (Compensation Scheme

for Foreign Workers) (Insurance) Order
1998
 WORKER SOCIAL SECURITIES ACT
1969 (AMENDMENT) 1992

 SOCSO is the Social Security Organisation

 The purposes of this Act are:

1. To give social security protection in a
certain contingency

2. To outline provisions for certain issues that

are related
 APPLICATION

 All industries with one or more worker;

* All workers applicable under this Act must be
insured
 Industry – any business, commerce,

manufacture of good and others

Exceptions to term industry:

Government and mobile hawkers
 APPLICATION

 This Act does not cover or give protection to certain

categories of workers. Among them:
 Starting salary over RM2,000/monthly (optional)
 Wife or main/current employer
 Temporary workers (no connection with protected industries)
 Confinements (prison/school/camp/hospital)
 Police/army officer
 Domestic maids
 SOCSO PROTECTION SCHEME

 There are two types of SOCSO Protection

Schemes:

1. Employment Injury Insurance Scheme

2. Invalidity Pension Scheme

 PROVISIONS OF THE ACT

Among the provisions of the SOCSO Act are:

1. Insurability and Compensation
2. Benefits
3. Administration, Finance and Audit
4. Settlements of disputes and
5. compensation Penalties
6. Miscellaneous
 PROVISIONS RELATED TO SAFETY,
HEALTH & WELFARE
Among the provisions are:
1. Payment of benefits or pension to contributor
in cases of:

* Accidents due to work/work related activities,

including road accidents, occurring during work
and any industrial diseases (27 types) as listed in
the Fifth Schedule (Section 28)

2. Invalidity pension

3. Organisation (SOCSO)
 CONCLUSION

 All the Acts that have been introduced, i.e.

Employment Act 1955 and the Social
Securities Act 1969 (Amendment) 1992 are
aimed at protecting and ensuring the rights of
employees