Starting Oct 1, the government will enforce the Part-Time Work Regulations under the Employment Act 1955, which will ensure certain benefits to part-time workers.Human Resource Minister Datuk Dr S.Subramaniam said the new regulations which were gazetted recently, were aimed at ensuring that the rights and protection for part-time workers in terms of employment were clearer and comprehensive.
The regulations comprised, among others, the formula to determine salary as well as contributions to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Social Security Organisation (Socso), he told reporters after opening the ministry's Meet-the-Customers Day here Monday.
Subramaniam said the new regulations would benefit about 6.5 million latent workforce in the country who were willing to work part-time, including housewives, single mothers, retirees, people with disabilities and students.
He said the regulations were approved to help employers hire part-time workers, besides encouraging them to give priority to local workers.
Subramaniam also said the new regulations could prevent any disputes between the employer and the workers pertaining to part-time work.
Hence, he hoped that housewives, especially those with tertiary education, would benefit from the government's move to enforce the regulations.
Civil servants could also benefit from the regulations, especially if they wished to do a part-time job after their official working hours, he added.
-- Aug 16 (Bernama)
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