Section 39
New section 108c
of Labour Ordinance of Sarawak (Amendment) Act 2025
The Ordinance is amended by inserting after section 108b the following section:
“Calculation of wages for incomplete month of work.
Quoted provision
Section 108c
Notwithstanding subsection (3)
of section 2 and section 108, an employee who is employed on a monthly rate of pay and has not completed a whole month of service—
(a)
where he commenced employment after the first day of the month;
(b)
where his employment was terminated before the end of the month;
(c)
where he took leave of absence without pay for one or more days of the month; or
(d)
where he took leave of absence by reason of having been called up for national service under the
National Service Act 1952 [Act 425], to present himself for national service training as required under
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the National Service Training Act 2003 [Act 628] or to comply with any other written laws relating to national service, shall be paid wages due to him for that month calculated according to the following formula:
Monthly wages
Number of days eligible in the wage period.”.
X
Number of days of the particular wage period