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Employment Act 1955 s 60C

Employment Act 1955 s 60C

Sections 34–36, 45–56 and 95–96 were repealed by later amendments.

s 60C Shift work

(1) Notwithstanding paragraphs 60a(1)(b), (c) and (d), but subject to paragraph (1)(a) thereof, an employee who is engaged under his contract of service in shift work may be required by his employer to work more than eight hours in any one day or more than forty-five hours in any one week but the average number of hours worked over any period of three weeks, or over any period exceeding three weeks as may be approved by the Director General, shall not exceed forty-five per week. (1a) The approval of the Director General in subsection (l) may be granted if the Director General is satisfied that there are special circumstances pertaining to the business or undertaking of the employer which render it necessary or expedient for him to grant the permission subject to such conditions as he may deem fit to impose. (1b) The Director General may revoke the approval given under subsection (1a) at any time if he has reason to believe that it is expedient so to do. (2) Except in the circumstances described in paragraphs 60a(2)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), no employer shall require any employee who is engaged under his contract of service in shift work to work for more than twelve hours in any one day. (2a) The Minister may make regulations relating to the entitlement of allowance during shift work. (3) (Omitted).

Read this section in the full act β†’ Β· Open Part XII β†’

Find Act 265 on lom.agc.gov.my β†—

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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