Section 15
New sections 18a and 18b
of Labour Ordinance of Sabah (Amendment) Act 2025
The Ordinance is amended by inserting after section 18
the following sections:
“Discrimination in employment.
Quoted provision
Section 18a
The Director may inquire into and decide any dispute between an employee and his employer in respect of any matter relating to discrimination in employment, and the Director may, pursuant to such decision, make an order.
(2)
An employer who fails to comply with any order of the Director issued under subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine 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.
Forced labour.
Quoted provision
Section 18b
Any employer who threatens, deceives or forces an employee to do any activity, service or work and prevents that employee from proceeding beyond the place or area where such activity, service or work is done, 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 two years or to both.”.