Malaysia legislation
Section 7
of Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities (Amendment) Act 2019
Section 7
Section 3 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in the definition of “building”—
(i)
by inserting after the word “means” the words
“, in relation to Part II,”; and
(ii)
in the English language text, by substituting for the word “workers” the word “employees”;
(b)
in the definition of “contract of service”, in the English language text, by substituting for the words “a worker”
wherever appearing the words “an employee”;
(c)
in the definition of “employer”—
(i)
in paragraph (a), in the English language text, by substituting for the words “a worker” the words
“an employee”;
(ii)
in paragraph (b), by deleting the words ‘and the term “employ” with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall be construed accordingly;’; and
(iii)
by inserting after paragraph (b) the words ‘and the word “employ”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall be construed accordingly;’;
(d)
in the definition of “Minister”, by substituting for the words “for the time being charged with the responsibility for labour” the words “charged with the responsibility for human resources”;
(e)
in the definition of “Medical Officer of Health”, by substituting for the words “, any State Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services, the Sabah State Director of Medical Services and his Deputy and the Sarawak
State Director of Medical Services and his Deputy” the words “and any State Deputy Director of Medical and
Health Services”;
(f)
by inserting after the definition of “District Engineer”
the following definition:
‘ “employee” has the meaning assigned to it in subsection 2(1) of the Employment Act 1955;’;
(g)
by deleting the definition of “worker”;
(h)
in the definition of “resident registered medical practitioner”, in the English language text, by substituting for the word
“workers” the word “employees”;
(i)
in the definition of “resident manager”, in the English language text, by substituting for the word “workers”
the word “employees”;
(j)
in the definition of “dependant”, in the English language text—
(i)
by substituting for the words “a worker” the words
“an employee”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the word “worker” wherever appearing the word “employee”; and
Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and
Amenities (Amendment)
(k)
in the definition of “place of employment”, in the English language text, by substituting for the word “workers”
the word “employees”.
Amendment of section 10