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Employment Insurance System Act 2017 s 24

Employment Insurance System Act 2017 s 24

s 24 Employer not to reduce wages, etc.

(1) Employer shall not, solely by reason of his liability for any contributions payable under this Act, directly or indirectly, reduce the wages of any employee, or discontinue or reduce benefits payable to the employee under the conditions of service which are similar to the benefits conferred by this Act except as provided for in any other written law. (2) Any employer 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)

Majikan tidak boleh mengurangkan gaji, dsb.

(1) Majikan tidak boleh, semata-mata oleh sebab liabilitinya bagi apa-apa caruman yang kena dibayar di bawah Akta ini, secara langsung atau tidak langsung, mengurangkan gaji mana-mana pekerja, atau menghentikan atau mengurangkan faedah yang kena dibayar kepada pekerja itu di bawah syarat perkhidmatan yang serupa dengan faedah yang diberikan oleh Akta ini kecuali sebagaimana yang diperuntukkan dalam mana-mana undang-undang bertulis yang lain. (2) Mana-mana majikan 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).

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