AKTA KERJA (PINDAAN) 2022

Akta ini mula berkuat kuasa pada tarikh yang ditetapkan oleh Menteri melalui pemberitahuan dalam Warta dan Menteri boleh menetapkan tarikh yang berlainan bagi permulaan kuat kuasa peruntukan yang berlainan Akta ini.

Pindaan seksyen 2

dengan memasukkan selepas takrif “agricultural undertaking”

takrif yang berikut:

‘ “apprentice” means any person who has entered into an apprenticeship contract;’;

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dalam takrif “apprenticeship contract”, dengan menggantikan perkataan “shall not be less than two years”

dengan perkataan “shall be for a minimum period of six months and a maximum period of twenty four months”;

dalam takrif “domestic servant”, dengan menggantikan perkataan “domestic servant” dengan perkataan “domestic employee”; dan

dalam takrif “foreign domestic servant”, dengan menggantikan perkataan “servant” di mana-mana jua terdapat dengan perkataan “employee”.

Pindaan seksyen 4

dengan menggantikan perkataan “, 69b, 69c,” dengan perkataan “or”; dan

dengan menggantikan perkataan “fourteen” dengan perkataan “twenty-one”.

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where he commenced employment after the first day of the month;

where his employment was terminated before the end of the month;

where he took leave of absence without pay for one or more days of the month; or

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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 the National Service Training Act 2003 [Act 628]

or to comply with any other written law relating to national service, shall be paid wages due to him for that month calculated according to the following formula:

Monthly wages

X

Number of days eligible in the wage period.”.

Number of days of the particular wage period

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dalam nota bahu, dengan menggantikan perkataan “bank”

dengan perkataan “financial institution”;

dalam subseksyen (1), dengan menggantikan perkataan

“at a bank, finance company, financial institution or other institutions licensed or established under the Banking and

Financial Institutions Act 1989 [Act 372] or any other written law, in any part of Malaysia” dengan perkataan

“opened by a financial institution,”; dan

dengan memasukkan selepas subseksyen (2) subseksyen yang berikut:

“(3)  For the purposes of this Part, “financial institution” includes—

a licensed bank and an approved issuer of a designated payment instrument under the Financial Services Act 2013 [Act 758];

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a licensed Islamic bank and an approved issuer of a designated Islamic payment instrument under the Islamic Financial

Services Act 2013 [Act 759]; and

a p r e s c r i b e d i n s t i t u t i o n u n d e r the Development Financial Institutions

Act 2002 [Act 618].

The Minister may, by order, specify any approved issuer of a designated payment instrument or any approved issuer of a designated Islamic payment instrument under paragraphs 3(a) and (b)

to be a recognized approved issuer of a designated payment instrument or approved issuer of a designated

Islamic payment instrument for the purpose of payment of wages under this Part.”.

Pindaan seksyen 25a

dalam nota bahu, dengan menggantikan perkataan “bank”

dengan perkataan “financial institution”;

dalam subseksyen (1), dengan menggantikan perkataan

“, other than a domestic servant” dengan perkataan

“and subject to subsection (2)”;

dengan menggantikan subseksyen (2) dengan subseksyen yang berikut:

“(2)  The employer shall, upon the written request of his employee under subsection (1), obtain approval from the Director General for the payment of wages to be paid in legal tender or by cheque.”;

dengan memasukkan selepas subseksyen (2) subseksyen yang berikut:

“(2a)  The Director General may impose any condition as he may deem fit on the approval granted under subsection (2).”;

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dalam subseksyen (3), (5) dan (6), dengan menggantikan perkataan “subsections (1) and (2)” di mana-mana jua terdapat dengan perkataan “subsection (1)”; dan

dalam subseksyen (5), dengan memasukkan selepas perkataan “employer” perkataan “upon obtaining the approval under subsection (2)”.

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dengan memasukkan selepas subseksyen (1) subseksyen yang berikut:

“(1a)  A contractor for labour referred to in subsection (1) who supplies any employee to a principal, contractor or sub-contractor shall enter into a contract in writing and shall make such contract or any other document relating to such contract available for inspection.”; dan

dalam subseksyen (3)—

dengan memotong perkataan “or” di hujung perenggan (a);

dengan menggantikan perenggan (aa) dengan perenggan yang berikut:

“(aa)  Where a female employee is entitled to maternity leave under subparagraph (a)(i), whether or not she is entitled to receive maternity allowance from her employer for the eligible period under paragraph (c), or whether or not she has fulfilled the conditions set out in paragraph (2)(a), she may, with the consent of her employer, commence work at any time during the eligible period if she has been certified fit to resume work by a registered medical practitioner.”; dan

dalam subperenggan (d)(ii), dengan menggantikan perkataan “sixty” dengan perkataan “ninety-eight”.

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wilful breach of a condition of the contract of service under subsection 13(2);

misconduct under subsection 14(1); or

closure of the employer’s business.

Where the service of a female employee under subsection (1) is terminated, the burden of proving that such termination is not on the ground of her pregnancy or on the ground of illness arising out of her pregnancy, shall rest on the employer.”.

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dalam nota bahu dan subseksyen (1), dengan menggantikan perkataan “servant” dengan perkataan

“employee”; dan

dalam subseksyen (2), dengan menggantikan perkataan

“ten thousand ringgit” dengan perkataan “fifty thousand ringgit”.

Pindaan seksyen 57b

dalam nota bahu dan subseksyen (1) dan (2), dengan menggantikan perkataan “servant” di mana-mana jua terdapat dengan perkataan “employee”; dan

dalam subseksyen (3), dengan menggantikan perkataan

“ten thousand ringgit” dengan perkataan “fifty thousand ringgit”.

Pindaan seksyen 60a

dalam nota bahu, dengan memasukkan selepas perkataan

“work” perkataan “and working at night”;

dalam subseksyen (1), dengan menggantikan perkataan

“forty-eight” di mana-mana jua terdapat dengan perkataan

“forty-five”; dan

dalam subseksyen (6), dengan memasukkan selepas perkataan

“rates” perkataan “and prescribing matters relating to working at night”.

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dalam subseksyen (1), dengan menggantikan perkataan

“forty-eight” di mana-mana jua terdapat dengan perkataan

“forty-five”; dan

dengan memasukkan selepas subseksyen (2) subseksyen yang berikut:

“(2a)  The Minister may make regulations relating to the entitlement of allowance during shift work.”.

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dengan memotong proviso pertama; dan

dalam proviso lanjut, dengan menggantikan perkataan

“And provided further” dengan perkataan “Provided”.

Seksyen baharu 60fa

The paternity leave under subsection (1) shall be restricted to five confinements irrespective of the number of spouses.

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A married male employee shall be entitled to paternity leave from his employer if—

An application for the approval under subsection (1)

shall be made in the form and manner as may be determined by the Director General.

Upon approval of the Director General under this section, an employer shall, within fourteen days from the date of the employment of a foreign employee, furnish the Director General with the particulars relating to the foreign employee in such manner as the Director General may direct.

The Director General may, subject to any written law, approve an application under this section if the employer complies with the following conditions:

An employer who contravenes subsection (1)

commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.”.

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by his employer;

by reason of the expiry of the employment pass issued by the Immigration Department of Malaysia to the foreign employee; or

by reason of the repatriation or deportation of the foreign employee, the employer shall, within thirty days of the termination of service, inform the Director General of the termination in the manner as may be determined by the Director General.

If a foreign employee terminates his service or absconds from his place of employment, the employer shall, within fourteen days of the termination of service

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or after the foreign employee’s absence, inform the Director General in the manner as may be determined by the Director General.”.

Pemotongan seksyen 60l

Where there is a collective agreement, any application made by the employee under subsection (1) shall be consistent with the terms and conditions in the collective agreement.

Application for flexible working arrangement 60q.  (1)  The employee shall make an application for flexible working arrangement under section 60p in writing and in the form and manner as may be determined by the Director General.

Upon the application made under subsection (1), an employer shall, within sixty days from the date such application is received, approve or refuse the application.

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The employer shall inform the employee in writing of the employer’s approval or refusal of the application under subsection (1) and in the case of a refusal, the employer shall state the ground of such refusal.”.

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dalam perenggan (2)(ii), dengan memasukkan selepas perkataan “against a” perkataan “principal,”;

dalam subseksyen (4)—

dengan menggantikan perkataan “ten thousand ringgit”

dengan perkataan “fifty thousand ringgit”; dan

An employer who fails to comply with any order of the Director General issued under subsection (1)

commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine

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not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit; and shall also, in the case of a continuing offence, be liable to a daily fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for each day the offence continues after conviction.”.

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dalam nota bahu, dengan memotong perkataan “issued under Part XV”; dan

dalam subseksyen (1)—

dengan memotong perkataan “under Part XV”; dan

dengan menomborkan semula seksyen yang sedia ada sebagai subseksyen (1); dan

dengan memasukkan selepas subseksyen (1) sebagaimana yang dinomborkan semula subseksyen yang berikut:

“(2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of any written law to the contrary, the court of a First Class Magistrate shall have jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and to award the full punishment for any such offence.”.

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Where an employer fails to comply with an order made under subsection (1), the court shall, on the application of the employee, issue a warrant to levy the employer’s property for any payments due under that subsection in the following manner:

where his manner of work is subject to the control or direction of another person;

where his hours of work are subject to the control or direction of another person;

where he is provided with tools, materials or equipments by another person to execute work;

where his work constitutes an integral part of another person’s business;

where his work is performed solely for the benefit of another person; or

where payment is made to him in return for work done by him at regular intervals and such payment constitutes the majority of his income.

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For the purpose of subsection (1), it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that a person is an employer—

The first-mentioned person in subsection (2)

includes the agent, manager or factor of such first-mentioned person.”.

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dengan memotong perenggan (b);

dengan memasukkan selepas perenggan (f) perenggan yang berikut:

“(fa) prescribing matters relating to rest day;

(fb) prescribing matters relating to flexible working arrangement;”;

dalam perenggan (i), dengan menggantikan perkataan

“under section 69, 69b or 69c” dengan perkataan

“, and proceedings under section 69 and 69f,”;

dengan memotong perenggan (k); dan

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dalam perenggan (m), dengan menggantikan perkataan

“servant” dengan perkataan “employee”.

Kecualian dan peralihan

Apa-apa permohonan bagi kelulusan yang dibuat di bawah subseksyen 25a(2) Akta ibu yang belum selesai sebelum tarikh permulaan kuat kuasa Akta ini hendaklah, pada tarikh permulaan kuat kuasa Akta ini, diuruskan mengikut peruntukan Akta ibu sebagaimana yang dipinda oleh Akta ini.

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