Section 10
Nursery
of Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990
Where there are employees residing on the place of employment and such employees have together no less than five dependants under four years of age living with them, the Director
General may, by order, require the employer of such employees to construct at the place of employment within such reasonable time as may be specified therein a nursery of a size capable of accommodating such number of employees’ dependants as may be specified therein, and on being so required, the employer shall construct such nursery accordingly:
Provided that any subsequent reduction in the number of dependants after the order has been issued shall not invalidate such order.
(2)
The employer shall maintain the nursery and shall accommodate therein the dependants of the employees during the period in which such employees are away working for the employer:
Provided that he shall not accommodate therein such dependants in excess of the number specified in the requirement mentioned in subsection (1).
(3)
On each day a dependant is accommodated at the nursery, he shall be provided by the employer at his own expense with a supply of milk in sufficient quantity and of good quality, and play equipment.
(4)
An employer who fails to comply with the provisions of this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit and to a further fine of one thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues.