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CHAPTER 6: MALAYSIAN LAWS APPLICABLE TO FOREIGN WORKERS AND
INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT WORKERS CONVENTIONS OR PRACTICES AND
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
6.1 List of Malaysian Laws, Regulations or Guidelines regulating employment
1. Employment Act 1955
2. Sabah Labour Ordinance (Cap.67)
3. Sarawak Labour Ordinance (Cap76.)
4. National Wages Consultative Council Act 2011
5. Workmen Compensation Act 1952 – scheduled to be repealed
6. Anti-Trafficking and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2010
7. Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994
8. Workers Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990
9. Guidelines on Minimum Standards of Accommodation
10. Employers Undertaking Policy – Declaration
11. Industrial Relations Act 1967
12. Trade Unions Act 1959
6.2 List of Malaysian Laws, Regulations or Guidelines regulating employment
passes
1. Passport Act 1966
2. Immigration Act 1959/1963
3. Private Employment Agencies Act 1981, amended Aug 2017
6.3 Occupational and safety health issues
1. Occupational accidents and injuries are concentrated in industries where migrant
workers are employed such as construction, manufacturing and agriculture.
Applicable Legislation
a. Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) 1994
b. Workmen’s Compensation Act 1952 (only for Foreign workers) (to be abolished in
2019).
c. Petroleum Act (Safety Measures) 1984.
d. Factories and Machinery Act 1967 (Revised 1974).
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