Employees’ Social Security Act 1969 s 7
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s 7 Principal employer to pay contributions in the first instance
(1) The principal employer shall pay in respect of every employee, whether directly employed by him or through an immediate employer, both the employer’s contribution and the employee’s contribution.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other written law but subject to this Act and the regulations, if any, the principal employer shall, in the case of an employee directly employed by him, be entitled to recover from the employee the employee’s contribution by deduction from his wages and not otherwise:
Provided that no such deduction shall be made from any wages other than such as relate to the period or part of the period in respect of which the contribution is payable, or in excess of the sum representing the employee’s contribution for the period.
(3) Notwithstanding any contract to the contrary, neither the principal employer nor the immediate employer shall be entitled to deduct the employer’s contribution from any wages payable to an employee or otherwise to recover it from him.
(4) Any sum deducted by the principal employer from wages under this Act shall be deemed to have been entrusted to him by the employee for the purpose of paying the contribution in respect of which it was deducted.
Malay text (authoritative)
Majikan utama hendaklah mendahulukan pembayaran caruman
(1) Majikan utama hendaklah membayar caruman majikan dan caruman pekerja kedua-duanya bagi tiap-tiap seorang pekerja sama ada yang diambil kerja terus olehnya atau melalui seorang majikan langsung.
(2) Walau apa pun peruntukan yang terkandung dalam manamana undang-undang bertulis yang lain tetapi tertakluk kepada Akta ini dan peraturan-peraturan, jika ada, majikan utama adalah, mengenai seseorang pekerja yang diambil kerja terus olehnya, berhak mendapatkan daripada pekerja itu caruman pekerja dengan memotong daripada gajinya tetapi tidak dengan cara lain: Dengan syarat bahawa tiada apa-apa potongan sedemikian boleh dibuat daripada mana-mana gaji kecuali gaji yang bersabit dengan tempoh atau bahagian tempoh yang mengenainya caruman kena dibayar, atau yang lebih daripada caruman pekerja bagi tempoh itu.
(3) Walau apa pun yang terkandung dalam apa-apa kontrak yang berlawanan, majikan utama atau majikan langsung tidak berhak memotong caruman majikan daripada mana-mana gaji yang kena dibayar kepada seseorang pekerja atau mendapatkan caruman itu daripadanya dengan apa-apa cara lain.
(4) Apa-apa jumlah wang yang dipotong oleh majikan utama daripada gaji di bawah Akta ini hendaklah disifatkan sebagai telah diamanahkan kepadanya oleh pekerja bagi maksud membayar caruman yang kerananya wang itu telah dipotong.
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (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).
