Can somebody tell me which website to refer with regards to the maximum working hours per week for the corporate private sector?

Yes but most companies have this clause written into the contracts:

'you might be required to work additional hours as and when is neccessary and your salary is deemed to have included this'

Is this statement/ clause in accordance with labor laws?

This is the kind of mentality that has caused the labor laws and employee benefits in this country to go down the drain. This is why countries like Indonesia have much stronger and fool proof labor laws because the moment any company (whether foreign or local) goes against them, employees are up in arms defending their rights.

The normal working hours will already take you to 48 hrs per week. So any addional work will take u past the 48 hr mark. My company has just implemented a 7.30am-7pm (Mon-Sat) working regime without any additional compensation. Mind you im in the management bracket in an international company.

Does this new ruling contradict Malaysian Labor Laws?

Can you provide direct web links?

Yes im well aware of the life of housemen's.

Accept something thats wrong? Words of a loser i see.

And no the only wachos are those who refuse to do anything choosing instead to go with the flow while complaining to kingdom come.

Trust me, i have achieved things which ppl like you can only dream of achieving. U know why? Cuz i dared to go against the norm and refused to accept being shortchanged. It has worked before and it will work again. Sadly its ppl like you who has turned this country into what it is today. So good luck living in your world as that world is slowly but surely coming to an end.

Sorry to sound harsh but it really pisses me off to hear of ppl who refuse to stand up for their own rights and make a change for the better.

No its not inclusive.

If you have worked long enuf in a professional multinational environment, u would know that the hours put in is not as important as the result at the end of the day. Its a typical Asian mentality to calculate hours worked as justification for effort and result. Long working hours has a detrimental impact on the overall well-being of the employee.

You should never be a slave to your job and neither should work become anything more than earning a salary at the end of the day.

This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Apr 14 2011, 05:29 PM

I dont agree with Wacky-Angel and im far above the bottom of the pack. So i do not think that standing up for your employee rights will result in you being at the bottom of the pack. If it does, then i guess the problem lies with the individual rather than the system.

And just an update to all of you, i did raise this issue and after about a month, the working hours have been scaled back to 8-5.30pm. Plus all employees now get 2 compulsory Saturdays off a month.

Nothing is impossible if you put your heart and mind to it. Accepting lopsided and unfair 'realities' are the reason why Malaysia has such poor labor laws. So as along as we continue to maintain that mentality, you will continue to be trampled on by your employer.

Expectations of longer working hours has to go hand in hand with renumeration while always upholding the basic principles of employee welfare. No matter how much you pay, it can never compensate for the overall wellbeing of the employee. Health issues and mental distress from working overly long hours can never have a price on it.

Hvae you been to the Charles D-Gaulle airport in Paris? Sharp 5-5.30pm 95% of all outlets will shut down despite it being an international airport and main gateway for France. Ever lived in Brisbane? After 6pm the city becomes like a ghost town with only a few marts or pubs open.

Why do they do it? Because they realise that quality of life and time spent with family are far more valuable than the money you bring in at the end of the month. If only 1 or 2 of them thought this way, would the change have affected the entire city/country? Surely not. The change came about when a MAJORITY of them started lobbying for it and thats what we need to do.

We made history in the 2008 general elections. Why? because we went against the 'norm'. So right and wrong DOES matter. Stop accepting something wrong because it was the norm.

Work with that same mentality and hopefully in years to come our children can possibly have a better quality of life than what we are having now.

This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Apr 15 2011, 08:22 AM

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This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Apr 15 2011, 08:21 AM

Exactly my point!

Depends on what your contract stipulates regarding your working hours.

Just so I understand:

Normal contract working hours: 8.45am to 5.30pm
Current working hours: 8.45am to 3.00pm, break 2.5hrs and then continue from 5.30pm to 8.45am?

Is this correct? Something doesn't sound right.

That's ridiculous. Clearly against labor law.