Employer Now Must Submit The Layoff Form To Labour Bureau When Dismissing Employee
Employers must submit relevant information to the Labor Bureau when laying off employees or reducing their wages.
According to Article 63 of the Labor Act of 1955, it is clearly stated that when an employer wants to terminate an employee’s service, whether it is permanent, temporary or voluntary, or a salary reduction, the employer must fill in the layoff form (PK) and submit it to the worker within 30 days Bureau.
Anyone who violates the law may be fined no more than RM10,000.
According to data from the Ministry of Human Resources, from January to July 2020, a total of 67,068 employees applied for employment insurance due to unemployment. However, at the same time, the relevant authorities only received layoff forms for 44,426 employees. This means that many employers fail to fill in and submit layoff forms after layoffs.
The relevant authorities will compare the data, and any employer who has not submitted a layoff form will be dealt with.
