Employment Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Health, Accommodation and Medical Care
86. Approval of place of employment and prohibition of employment of workmen where arrangements are inadequate
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Every person intending to —
employ resident workmen at a place of employment where workmen have not hitherto been employed or have not been employed within the preceding 12 months; or
increase the number of workmen already employed on a place of employment so that the existing arrangement would not conform to any prescribed requirements and standards of health and hygiene, shall give notice in writing of such intention to the Commissioner.
If the Commissioner at any time has reason to believe that —
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labour appointed under section 3(1);
the arrangements made for the residence and employment of workmen on any place of employment where it is intended that workmen shall live or be employed or where workmen are living or employed are, from any cause, inadequate for the residence and employment of such workmen or of additional workmen; or
that the health or condition of workmen living or employed on any place of employment is from any cause unsatisfactory, he may by order served on the employer prohibit the residence or employment, or both, of workmen or of additional workmen on such place and it shall thereupon be unlawful for any person to employ or permit to reside on such place any workmen or dependants, or any workmen or dependants other than those who were residing or employed thereon before the issue of such order, as the case may be.
The Commissioner may, upon being satisfied that —
adequate arrangements have been made for the residence and employment of the workmen or of additional workmen on such place of employment; or
that the health and condition of the workmen living or employed thereon have become satisfactory,
Employment rescind the order made under subsection (2), and thereupon it shall be lawful for the employer to employ workmen or additional workmen as the case may be on such place of employment.
Terms defined in s 2
Commissioner
Defined · s 2“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labour appointed under section 3(1);
employer
Defined · s 2“employer” means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes — (a) the Government, in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of public officers or employees of the Government as are declared by the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, to be employees for the purposes of this Act; (b) any statutory body; (c) the duly authorised agent or manager of the employer; (d) the person who owns or is carrying on or for the time being responsible for the management of the profession, business, trade or work in which the employee is engaged;
place of employment
Defined · s 2“place of employment” means any place where work is carried on, for or on behalf of an employer, by an employee;
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Part-Time Employees
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Employment of Women
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Employment of Children and Young Persons
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Domestic Workers
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Immigrant Employees
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Repatriation
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Inspection
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Complaints and Inquiries
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