I believe the labor law states that companies MUST give EPF contributions to their employee, contract or otherwise.

In your situation, the floor mopper is NOT your employee. He/she is basically task based. In other words, the contractor is not tied to your company policies or resources nor report to a superior in that company, and is NOT a member of the organization. However, if you are employed by the company, even if it means it is a contracted employment, you are entitled to all benefits accorded to you by labor law (except things like gazetted holidays, termination or job security.

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Added on April 8, 2009, 2:01 pmIf you have EPF "packaged" into your salary, that means the employer did its part of fulfilling the EPF contribution (that 12%). It will then be your choice to put that contribution into your EPF account or not.

This post has been edited by spanker: Apr 8 2009, 02:01 PM

what I mean from your definition of "contractor" is that i just do what I am hired to do. If your company has the office hours of 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. I am not obliged to follow that, as long is I cleaned your toilet.

Basically, when you are employed by the organization, means you are a member of the organization. If your contract is a business contract (e.g. freelancing situation), and not and employment contract, that means you are not entitled to those benefits.

Perhaps this is what I should have said in the first place instead of complicating the situation

rexis, there really is a definition of what constitutes an employer and employee in the labor law. I suggest you look it up as well. I used to have a copy of it on my other laptop. Sorry, you'll just have to dig it out somewhere on the internet

I think malaysianbabes.net (or some lame site like that) has it.