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Act of Parliament

Gig Workers Act 2025

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Long title

An Act to protect the rights of a gig worker, to provide for the duties of a contracting entity, to regulate terms and conditions of a service agreement entered into between the contracting entity and the gig worker, to provide for dispute resolution mechanism, to provide for the establishment of the Consultative Council, to provide for the establishment of the Gig Workers Tribunal and to provide for related matters.

In force · Updated to 31 Dec 2025

Part I

Preliminary

Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Gig Workers Act 2025.

(2)

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette and the Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into operation of different provisions of this Act.

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s 2Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“this Act” includes any subsidiary legislation made under this

Act;

“award” means an award made by the Tribunal in respect of any dispute or matter referred to it or any decision or order made by the Tribunal under this Act;

“prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister by regulations made under this Act;

“contracting entity” means—

(a)

an individual;

(b)

any person including a body of persons incorporated or registered under any written law; or

(c)

any platform provider, who engages and enters into a service agreement with a gig worker for the performance of service by the gig worker in exchange for payment of earnings;

“Council” means the Consultative Council established under section 46;

“internal grievance mechanism” means a dispute resolution mechanism provided by a contracting entity in a service agreement for the purpose of addressing and resolving any grievance, dispute or matter that concerns a gig worker;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for human resources;

“gig worker” means an individual who—

(a)

is a citizen or a permanent resident of Malaysia;

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(b)

enters into a service agreement with a contracting entity for the performance of—

(i)

any service with any contracting entity who is a platform provider; or

(ii)

any service as specified in the Schedule with any contracting entity who is not a platform provider;

and

(a)

a payment voluntarily made to a gig worker in addition to the earnings; or

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(b)

a payment voluntarily made through a contracting entity with the intention that the payment would be made to the gig worker in addition to his earnings;

“Tribunal” means the Gig Workers Tribunal established under

Part V of this Act.

(c)

receives earnings for the service;

“earnings” means any payment payable to a gig worker under a service agreement but does not include tip and gratuities, and other benefits received by the gig worker;

“platform provider” means any digital intermediary system provider who connects the service by a gig worker to a service user;

“service agreement” means any agreement, whether orally or in writing and whether express or implied, between a contracting entity and a gig worker who provides a service in Malaysia in exchange for earnings, but does not include a “contract of service” as defined under the Employment Act 1955 [Act 265], the Labour Ordinance of Sabah [Sabah Cap. 67], the Labour

Ordinance of Sarawak [Sarawak Cap. 76] and the Occupational

Safety and Health Act 1994 [Act 514] or a “contract of employment” as defined under the Industrial Relations

Act 1967 [Act 177];

“gig workers’ association” means any association registered under the Societies Act 1966 [Act 335] which shall consist of the gig workers for the purpose of representing the interests and welfare of the gig workers;

“dispute” means any dispute between a gig worker and a contracting entity in relation to the terms and conditions of the service agreement, any rights of the gig worker or any other matters relating to it under this Act;

“tip and gratuities” means—

Part II

Service Agreement

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Part III

Gig Worker

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Part IV

Dispute Resolution

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Part V

Gig Workers Tribunal

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Part VI

Consultative Council

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Part VII

Provision Relating to Supervision and Enforcement of Part III, Part V and Part VI

Read on from Part VII

Part VIII

Social Security Protection

Read on from Part VIII

Part IX

Occupational Safety and Health

Read on from Part IX

Part X

Miscellaneous

Read on from Part X

Schedules