Employment Insurance System Act 2017 s 32
s 32 Determination on contributions qualifying conditions
(1) After the Organization determines that the insured person has lost his employment under section 31, the Organization shall determine whether—
(a) the insured person fulfils the contributions qualifying conditions in respect of the claim for benefits as specified in the Fourth Schedule; and
(b) the insured person has not attained the minimum retirement age,
on the date he lost his employment.
(2) For the purpose of calculating the required number of monthly contributions, the contribution payable for the month the insured person has lost his employment shall be taken into account irrespective of whether wages for the month are paid to the insured person or not.
(3) If before an insured person lost his employment he receives monthly temporary disablement benefits under the Employees’ Social Security Act 1969 and the employer does not pay any wages to the insured person—
(a) the monthly contribution shall be deemed to have been made in respect of the insured person during the period he receives the temporary disablement benefits; and
(b) the period in which the insured person receives the temporary disablement benefits shall be calculated as part of the eligibility period.
(4) If an insured person has made any claim for benefits and the claim for benefits has been approved by the Organization under section 33 and thereafter the insured person makes a subsequent claim for benefits in respect of another loss of employment, the contributions paid by such employer in respect of which the loss of employment relates shall be calculated for the purpose of the subsequent claim in accordance with the contributions qualifying conditions as specified in the Fourth Schedule.
(5) The number of monthly contributions which has been taken into account for the purpose of determining the contributions qualifying conditions in respect of a claim for benefits by an insured person shall not be taken into account for any subsequent claim for benefits by such insured person.
Malay text (authoritative)
Penentuan syarat kelayakan caruman
(1) Selepas Pertubuhan menentukan bahawa orang berinsurans telah kehilangan pekerjaannya di bawah seksyen 31, Pertubuhan hendaklah menentukan sama ada—
(a) orang berinsurans itu memenuhi syarat kelayakan caruman berkenaan dengan tuntutan bagi faedah sebagaimana yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual Keempat; dan
(b) orang berinsurans itu belum mencapai umur persaraan minimum,
pada tarikh dia kehilangan pekerjaannya.
(2) Bagi maksud mengira bilangan caruman bulanan yang dikehendaki, caruman yang kena dibayar bagi bulan yang orang berinsurans itu kehilangan pekerjaannya hendaklah diambil kira tanpa mengira sama ada gaji bagi bulan itu dibayar kepada orang berinsurans itu atau tidak.
(3) Jika sebelum orang berinsurans kehilangan pekerjaannya dia menerima faedah hilang upaya sementara bulanan di bawah Akta Keselamatan Sosial Pekerja 1969 dan majikan tidak membayar apaapa gaji kepada orang berinsurans itu—
(a) caruman bulanan hendaklah disifatkan telah dibuat berkenaan dengan orang berinsurans itu dalam tempoh dia menerima faedah hilang upaya sementara itu; dan
(b) tempoh yang orang berinsurans itu menerima faedah hilang upaya sementara hendaklah dikira sebagai sebahagian daripada tempoh kelayakan.
(4) Jika orang berinsurans telah membuat apa-apa tuntutan bagi faedah dan tuntutan bagi faedah itu telah diluluskan oleh Pertubuhan di bawah seksyen 33 dan selepas itu orang berinsurans itu membuat tuntutan bagi faedah yang berikutnya berkenaan dengan suatu kehilangan pekerjaan yang lain, caruman yang dibayar oleh mana-
mana majikan yang berkenaan dengannya kehilangan pekerjaan itu berkaitan hendaklah dikira bagi maksud tuntutan yang berikutnya itu mengikut syarat kelayakan caruman sebagaimana yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual Keempat.
(5) Bilangan caruman bulanan yang telah diambil kira bagi maksud menentukan syarat kelayakan caruman berkenaan dengan suatu tuntutan bagi faedah oleh orang berinsurans tidak boleh diambil kira untuk apa-apa tuntutan bagi faedah yang berikutnya oleh orang berinsurans itu.
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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).
