Female Employees

Question

Are female workers who work on shifts entitled to a shift allowance?

Answer

Female workers within the scope of the Employment Act, who are employed in industrial undertakings, which includes manufacturing, must be paid a shift allowance if they work at night. If this condition is not met, the female workers are not permitted to work at night.

Question

Does the Employment Act prohibit female employees from working in certain jobs?

Answer

The Employment Act prohibits females from working in underground mining.

There are no similar prohibitions on female employees who are outside the scope of the Employment Act. Thus, for example, female engineers who are paid more than RM2,000 could be employed in underground mining.

See Section 35 of the Employment Act. 

See Chapter 1 of Employment Law Manual for Practitioners by Maimunah Aminuddin. Book purchase details are available here.

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