Malaysia legislation

Section 23

of OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022

Section 23

New section 26a

The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 26

the following section:

“Rights of employees 26a.  (1)  An employee, after informing his employer or his representative that he has reasonable justification to believe there exist an imminent danger at his place of work, shall have the right to remove himself from the danger or the work if the employer fails to take any action to remove the danger.

(2)

An employee who removes himself from the danger in accordance with subsection (1) shall be protected against undue consequences and shall not be discriminated against.

(3)

For the purposes of this section, “imminent danger”

means a serious risk of death or serious bodily injury to any person that is caused by any plant, substance, condition, activity, process, practice, procedure or place of work hazard.”.

Occupational Safety and Health (Amendment)

21

Amendment of section 27