Hi all would like some opinion, info or even first hand experiences with my post below:

Recently my wife received a job offer (Senior Chemist) from a prominent company in malaysia, and after browsing through the offer letter, they are offering 8 days for 1st & 2nd year, 12 days for 3-4 year, and 16 for 6 years above service. But the figures is not what surprised me but what they added with the statement for AL "Such annual leave must be taken at times which is convenient to the company and subject to approval from your supervisor"

the bolded part looks like a red flag for me. I mean can't we even decide when we want to have the bloody leaves?then why provide an AL in the first place

Another interesting part is their working hours and lunch hours. It seems they omitted it from the working hours hence work starts at 8.00-5.45(the 45 min being the lunch break) So far my experiences is you start at X and end at Y (9 hrs including lunch breaks) except for few select industries and roles.

Also if anyone have any input on maternity leave, is there a law or regulation saying paid maternity leave can be only given after x years with the company? I remember the gov announced that the 90 day maternity leave should be kicking in 2021 right? or its still yet to be gazetted in parliament?

My opinion:
Aside from the salary, i think the benefits is very pedantic and stone age, albeit no other benefits were informed during the IV or within the letter.

What do you guys think?

hi thanks it did help a lot.

just another question, how about the gazetted public holidays? i know not everyone can enjoy them but i believe there is mechanism for working on these holidays within the labour law that companies follow. I just cant recall the exact details of it. I know that 5 are mandatory, and 6 are optionals to make it total 11 days. So if were to work on those day for example CNY day 1, does the worker entitled for double pay/replacement holidays?

On the labour law itself, how about us professionals whom clearly not covered under the law goes by? Since companies will apply the minimum of it to us but when we have dispute the law doesn't apply/protect us?

This post has been edited by mhyug: Mar 15 2022, 12:36 PM

thanks again. just out of curiosity, is it legal for a employer to terminate and employee just because they had an interview with another company? simply put just having a thought of moving to another job. can you punish someone to the point of terminating them? i think its against the law, and unethical.

And to throw in some clarity, there are no rules within this companies rule book stating that you cant go find another job, attend interview or even have thoughts of leaving.

for one i do know or you can say 100% sure that "employment-at-will doctrine" is not practiced or applicable in malaysia.

whats your opinion on this matter?

This post has been edited by mhyug: Mar 21 2022, 12:18 PM

as i expected and read. on the bold part, its a given. not that we all receive soo much guidance or training either way.

just another question tho, is it possible to work while a court case on unfair dismissal is going on?

Hi mimikw, i would like to know to whom do we report if an employer hasn't paid your salary after resigning? Jabatan Buruh? IRD? Any other forum members who have some info also welcomed to share their info as im at a loss now.

Also the dept we report to must be local to where the company is located or can be reported to any other district/state ones?