Labour Act · s 25

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25.
Maximum duration of contracts
(1) (a)  the maximum duration that may be stipulated or implied in any contract involving a journey within Brunei Darussalam and the
Malaysian territories of Sarawak and Sabah from the place of recruitment to the place of employment, shall in no case exceed 12
months if the worker is not accompanied by his family;
(b) the maximum duration which may be stipulated or implied in any contract involving a journey other than a journey referred to in the preceding subsection from the place of recruitment to the place of employment shall in no case exceed 2 years if the worker is not accompanied by his family or 3 years if the worker is accompanied by his family.
(2) The Commissioner may, after consultation with any employers’
and workers’ organisations, representative of the interests concerned, exclude from the application of this section contracts entered into between employers and literate workers whose freedom of choice in employment is satisfactorily safeguarded; such exclusion may apply generally, or to the workers in any specified industry of undertaking or to special groups of workers.

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s 25Maximum duration of contracts

(1)

(a)

the maximum duration that may be stipulated or implied in any contract involving a journey within Brunei Darussalam and the

Malaysian territories of Sarawak and Sabah from the place of recruitment to the place of employment, shall in no case exceed 12

months if the worker is not accompanied by his family;

(b)

the maximum duration which may be stipulated or implied in any contract involving a journey other than a journey referred to in the preceding subsection from the place of recruitment to the place of employment shall in no case exceed 2 years if the worker is not accompanied by his family or 3 years if the worker is accompanied by his family.

(2)

The Commissioner may, after consultation with any employers’

and workers’ organisations, representative of the interests concerned, exclude from the application of this section contracts entered into between employers and literate workers whose freedom of choice in employment is satisfactorily safeguarded; such exclusion may apply generally, or to the workers in any specified industry of undertaking or to special groups of workers.