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Appendix VIII

MALAYSIA

Employment Ordinance, 1955

Section 60A

(3)(a) For any overtime work carried out in excess of the normal hours of work, the employee shall be paid at a rate not less than one and a half times his hourly rate of pay irrespective of the basis on which his rate of pay is fixed.

(6)

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In this section "overtime" means the number of hours of work carried out in excess of the normal hours of work.

Provided that work performed on any rest day or any of the five gazetted public holidays under subsection (1) of section 60D shall not be construed as overtime work.

Section 60

(2)

Any employee who at his own request works for an employer on a rest day shall be paid for that day at not less than the ordinary rate of pay for one day's work.

(3)

Any employee who at the request of his employer works on a rest day shall be paid an extra day's wage at the ordinary rate of pay for one day's work in addition to the ordinary rate of pay for that day.

Section 60D

(3)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) any employee may be required by his employer to work on any holiday to which he would otherwise be entitled under the said subsection and in such event he shall be paid an extra day's wages at the ordinary rate of pay for one day's work in addition to the ordinary rate of pay for that day and to a travelling allowance if payable to him under the terms of his agreement with his employer for one day:

Provided that no employee shall be entitled under the provisions of this subsection to receive double any housing allowance or food allowance.

(4)

For the purposes of this section if any such holiday falls on a half working day, the ordinary rate of pay payable shall be that of a full working day.

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