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← Employment Act 1955

Employment Act 1955 s 42

Employment Act 1955 s 42

Sections 34–36, 45–56 and 95–96 were repealed by later amendments.

s 42 Restriction on termination of female employee after eligible period

(1) Where a female employee remains absent from her work after the expiration of the eligible period as a result of illness certified by a registered medical practitioner to arise out of her pregnancy and confinement and to render her unfit for her work, it shall be an offence, until her absence a period of ninety days after the expiration of the eligible period, for her employer to terminate her services or give her notice of termination of service. (2) Subject to subsection (1), where the service of a female employee is terminated with wages in lieu of notice at any time during the period of four months immediately preceding her confinement, she shall, in computing the period of her employment for the purposes of this Part, be deemed to have been employed as if she had been given due notice instead of wages in lieu thereof.

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Find Act 265 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 August 2023 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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