Workmen Compensation Act Malaysia
In accordance with the workmen s compensation ordinance 1952 employers are legally obligated to insure their employees who are defined as workmen under a workmen s compensation insurance policy.
Workmen compensation act malaysia. Most insurance companies provide compensation plans to cover for this. The workmen s compensation act 1952 and the subsequent amendments to the act or the common law. Peninsular malaysia 1 april 1953 l n. Act 273 w o r k m e n õs c o m p e n s a t io n a c t 1952 incorporating all amendments up to 1 january 2006 published by the commissioner of law revision malaysia under the authority of the revision of laws act 1968 in collaboration with percetakan nasional malaysia bhd 2006.
Sabah and sarawak 1 june 1981 p u. A 157 1981 short title 1. The workmen s compensation act 1952 will be abolished so that local and foreign workers in the country can get equal protection said human resources minister m kulasegaran. This act may be cited as the.
Only foreign workers are covered under this act in respect of compensation for employment injury as well as non employment injury vide workmen s compensation foreign worker s scheme insurance order 1993. Workmen s compensation is a compensation for injury to a foreign employee or worker arising out of and in the course of employment that is paid to the worker or dependants as per the workmen s compensation act 1952. Local workers will be covered under the employees social security act 1969. The employer has to purchase a workmen s compensation insurance for workmen s compensation claims by injured employees or workers.
Malaysian workers are no longer covered under the workmen s compensation act 1952 with effective from 1st july 1992. Today this covers mostly foreign workers. Malaysian citizens and permanent residents currently paying for socso are covered for work related injuries. In malaysia the workmen s compensation act 1952 and common law states the liabilities an employer has for their employees.
However this stipulation is no longer applicable to employees who are socso members as provided under the employees social security act 1969.