Malaysia legislation

Section 68

of LABOUR ORDINANCE OF SABAH (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025

Section 68

The Ordinance is amended by substituting for the Schedule the following schedule:

“First Schedule

[Subsection (1) of section 2]

(1)

Subsection

(2)

Employee

Provision of the Ordinance

Not Applicable 1.

Any person who has entered into a contract of service 2.

Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the person whose wages exceeds four thousand ringgit a month

Definitions of “normal hours of work” and “overtime” in section 2, subsections (6) and

(10)

of section 103, subsection (6)

of section 104, subsection (5)

of section 104a, subsections (2),

(3)

, (4) and (5) of section 104c, section 104f and Part IVa

Labour Ordinance of Sabah (Amendment)

(1)

Subsection

(2)

Employee

Provision of the Ordinance

Not Applicable 3.

Any person who, irrespective of the amount of wages he earns in a month, has entered into a contract of service with an employer in pursuance of which—

(a)

he is engaged in manual labour including such labour as an artisan or apprentice:

Provided that where a person is employed by one employer partly in manual labour and partly in some other capacity, such person shall not be deemed to be performing manual labour unless the time during which he is required to perform manual labour in any one wage period exceeds one-half of the total time during which he is required to work in such wage period

(b)

he is engaged in the operation or maintenance of any mechanically propelled vehicle operated for the transport of passengers or goods or for reward or for commercial purposes

(c)

he supervises or oversees other employees engaged in manual labour employed by the same employer in and throughout the performance of their work

(d)

he is engaged in recruiting employees

(e)

he is engaged in any capacity in any vessel registered in

Malaysia and who—

Definitions of “approved incentive payment scheme”,

“hourly rate of pay”, “normal hours of work”, “ordinary rate of pay” and “overtime” in section 2, subsections (3), (4), (5)

of section 2, sections 103,

(1)

Subsection

(2)

Employee

Provision of the Ordinance

Not Applicable 104, 104a, 104b, 104c, 104d,

104e, 104ea, subsection (2) of section 105, and paragraph (b)

of section 130j

(i)

is not an officer certificated under the

Merchant Shipping

Acts of the United

Kingdom as amended from time to time

(ii)

is not the holder of a local certificate as defined in Part VII of the Merchant Shipping

O r d i n a n c e 1 9 5 2

[Ordinance 70/1952]

(iii)

has not entered into an agreement under Part

III of the Merchant

Shipping Ordinance 1952

(f)

he is engaged as a domestic employee

Definitions of “approved incentive payment scheme”,

“hourly rate of pay”, “normal hours of work”, “ordinary rate of pay” and “overtime” in section 2, subsections (3), (4) and (5) of section 2, sections 10, 11, 13,

57 and 58, Chapter XIVb, sections 102, 103, 104, 104a,

104c, 104d, 104e, 104ea, 104f, subsection (2) of section 105, sections 118a, 118c, 118d and 118e, Part IVa and paragraph (b)

of section 130j 4.

For the purposes of this First Schedule,

“wages” means wages as defined in section 2, but shall not include any payment by way of commission, subsistence allowance and overtime payment

”.

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New Second and Third Schedules

Section 68 — LABOUR ORDINANCE OF SABAH (AMENDMENT) ACT 2025