Employment Insurance System Act 2017 s 16
s 16 All employees to be registered and insured
(1) All employees in the industries to which this Act applies shall be registered and insured by the employers—
(a) in the case of employees who are employed on or before the date the industries are registered under section 14, on the date the industries of the employers are so registered; and
(b) in the case of employees who are employed after the date the industries are registered under section 14 or 15, within thirty days from the date the employees enter into employment,
in such manner as prescribed irrespective of the amount of wages.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if the wages of an employee at any time exceed four thousand ringgit a month, his wages shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be four thousand ringgit a month.
(3) Notwithstanding that the employee in the industries to which this Act applies has not been registered in accordance with subsection (1), an employee in that industry shall be deemed to have been registered by the employer on the date the contribution is first paid by his employer under this Act.
(4) The employer referred to in subsection (3) shall not pay the contributions in respect of the employee for the months prior to the month the contribution is first paid.
(5) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
Malay text (authoritative)
Semua pekerja hendaklah didaftarkan dan diinsuranskan
(1) Semua pekerja dalam perusahaan yang baginya Akta ini terpakai hendaklah didaftarkan dan diinsuranskan oleh majikan—
(a) dalam hal pekerja yang diambil bekerja pada atau sebelum tarikh perusahaan didaftarkan di bawah seksyen 14, pada tarikh perusahaan majikan itu didaftarkan sedemikian; dan
(b) dalam hal pekerja yang diambil bekerja selepas tarikh perusahaan didaftarkan di bawah seksyen 14 atau 15, dalam masa tiga puluh hari dari tarikh pekerja itu memulakan pekerjaan,
mengikut apa-apa cara sebagaimana yang ditetapkan tanpa mengira amaun gaji.
(2) Walau apa pun subseksyen (1), jika gaji seseorang pekerja pada bila-bila masa melebihi empat ribu ringgit sebulan, gajinya hendaklah bagi maksud Akta ini disifatkan sebagai empat ribu ringgit sebulan.
(3) Walaupun pekerja dalam perusahaan yang baginya Akta ini terpakai tidak didaftarkan mengikut subseksyen (1), seseorang pekerja dalam perusahaan itu hendaklah disifatkan telah didaftarkan oleh majikan pada tarikh caruman dibayar kali yang pertama oleh majikannya di bawah Akta ini.
(4) Majikan yang disebut dalam subseksyen (3) tidak boleh membayar caruman berkenaan dengan pekerja itu bagi bulan sebelum bulan caruman dibayar kali yang pertama.
(5) Mana-mana orang yang melanggar subseksyen (1) melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi sepuluh ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi dua tahun atau kedua-duanya.
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Text as at 1 November 2021 (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).
