The Employment Act 1955 is a crucial governing legislation to matters involving employment law in Malaysia. In 2022, there were several amendments gazetted via the Employment (Amendment) Act 2022 (Act A1651) and Employment (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 2022 (PU(A) 262/2022) that modernised and widened the protection accorded to persons employed in Malaysia. These amendments will be coming into force on 1 January 2023.

The Malaysian Employment Act 1955 Handbook is designed to provide persons in Human Resources, and Employment Law sectors with a concise and comprehensive reference to all the recent amendments to the Employment Act 1955. This handbook equips readers with a complete guide to the new provisions for quick and easy implementation in compliance with the law.

This handbook comprises:

• The complete text of the Employment Act 1955 with amendments incorporated in the relevant sections.
•  A Pre-amendment vs Post-amendment Comparison Table.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) addressing general queries relating to the application of the new law.
• Supplementary Reading comprising other relevant legislation and the Malayan Law Journal Articles related to Labour Law in Malaysia.

Key changes, including minimum wage, flexible working arrangements, maternity and paternity leave, foreign employees, and promoting a respectful workplace are addressed in a practical manner, succinctly presented in simple and plain language to cater to readers from all industries.

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This volume on the Industrial Relations Act 1967 ( Act 177 ) [ With Notes on Cases ] is annotated extensively with a vast number of both local and foreign precedents and will be of immense value to members of the Bench, the Bar, all authorities empowered with the task of enforcing the Act and various trade unions as well.

Employee Misconduct is an aid to human resource managers, industrial relations practitioners and other managers to understand what is, and what is not considered employee misconduct. After a brief overview of the disciplinary process, each chapter examines a different type of misconduct including: sexual harassment, abuse of social media, conflict of interest, cheating, stealing and others. The principles relating to each type of misconduct are illustrated by summaries of relevant, recent Industrial Court awards. All chapters also offer some ideas on how to minimize the incidence of employee misconduct, particularly by introducing written policies which provide clarification to employees so that they understand the types of behaviour which are not acceptable. The contents of this book are up to date and include reference to the 2019 amendments to the Industrial Relations Act.