Section 60l

(Deleted by Act A1651).

Prohibition on termination of local for foreign employee 60m.  No employer shall terminate the contract of service of a local employee for the purpose of employing a foreign employee.

Termination of employment by reason of redundancy 60n.  Where an employer is required to reduce his workforce by reason of redundancy necessitating the retrenchment of any number of employees, the employer shall not terminate the services of a local employee unless he has first terminated the services of all foreign employees employed by him in a capacity similar to that of the local employee.

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Permanent resident exempted from this Part 60o.  For the purposes of this Part, the term “foreign employee”

shall not include a foreign employee who is a permanent resident of Malaysia.