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Problems at work

Fired, unpaid, harassed, or squeezed — what your employer can and cannot do.

Work problems in Malaysia split across the Employment Act, the Industrial Relations Act and the EPF and SOCSO systems — which is why your problem can feel like it belongs everywhere and nowhere. These guides cover dismissal (including probation and “poor performance” firings), EPF deducted but never banked in, public-holiday and overtime pay, maternity and paternity leave, workplace sexual harassment, social-media firings and non-compete clauses. If you’ve just been dismissed, mind the 60-day deadline before anything else.

“My boss fired me for no reason.” Your unfair dismissal claim dies at day 60. The steps, in order, before the window closes. Read the guide → “No EPF in my i-Akaun.” Deducted from your payslip but never banked in — here’s exactly who to report it to. Read the guide → “They said I’m on probation, so no rights.” Wrong. “Still on probation, so we can just let you go” is not the law. Read the guide → “I got retrenched.” SOCSO’s EIS pays up to RM4,800 a month. What it covers and how to claim it. Read the guide →

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Your payslip shows an EPF deduction. Your i-Akaun doesn't. Here's what to do.How to check whether your employer is actually paying your EPF, how to complain to KWSP, and the enforcement that barred 14,332 company directors from leaving Malaysia.
Can Your Boss Force You to Take Annual Leave in Malaysia? Here's What the Law SaysA 2025 Court of Appeal ruling, a KESUMA crackdown on forced CNY leave, and what Section 60E of the Employment Act actually allows employers to do.
Working on Raya or CNY? Here's the extra pay you're owed — and the RM4,000 line that decides itSection 60D pay rates explained: two extra days' wages for working a public holiday, triple rate for overtime, and why earning over RM4,000 changes everything.
No, you don't have a legal right to leave early during Ramadan — but there's now a process you can useThe Employment Act says nothing about Ramadan hours. What civil servants get, why private sector staff don't, and how sections 60P and 60Q give you a formal route to ask.

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He Called His Secretary "Sayang" and Lost His Job. The Industrial Court Said That Was Fair.The Industrial Court upheld a dismissal over one word. Why silence is not consent, what the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act changed, and how to file at TAGS for RM30.
Civil Servants Now Work Two Days From Home. Here Is What You Can Actually Ask ForFrom 1 August 2026, eligible federal officers work three days in the office and two from home under a Public Service Department circular. It is a policy for the public service, not a new law for everybody. But sections 60P and 60Q of the Employment Act 1955 do give private-sector employees a real, if modest, right to ask.
When Quitting Counts As Being Sacked: Malaysia's Constructive Dismissal Rules And The 60-Day ClockMost people assume that once you resign, you have signed away your rights. Malaysian law does not work that way. Two 2026 decisions — an Industrial Court award against MDEC and a Court of Appeal ruling involving Universiti Selangor — show when a resignation is treated as a dismissal, and why a quiet 60-day deadline matters as much as the money.
Being a Director Does Not Cancel Your Employee Rights: The Federal Court Confirms ItA company voted two of its founders off the board, then argued they had never really been employees at all. On 24 June 2026 the Federal Court disagreed and let a roughly RM2 million award stand. The useful part is not the money — it is the test the courts used to decide who counts as an employee.
Can your boss deduct a salary overpayment in Malaysia?An employer can recover some recent wage overpayments through payroll, but section 24 does not allow unlimited deductions or every old debt to be relabelled as an overpayment.
Lying on Your CV in Malaysia: When It's Just Padding, and When It's a CrimeMalaysian courts keep upholding dismissals over fake CVs and degrees, some criminal. Real cases, real penalties, and the 60-day deadline to fight back.
"You're still on probation, so we can just let you go." No, they can't.Probationers have the same right not to be unfairly dismissed as confirmed staff. What Khaliah Abbas established, the 60-day deadline, and what the Industrial Court actually awards.
Your boss brushed off your harassment complaint. You now have a tribunal that can order him to pay RM250,000.How to complain about sexual harassment at work in Malaysia — the Anti-Sexual Harassment Tribunal, what your employer is legally required to do, and the RM60,000 award the High Court upheld in June 2026.
Retrenched in Malaysia? Here's Exactly What SOCSO's EIS Pays You (Up to RM4,800 a Month)SOCSO's EIS can pay up to RM4,800 a month if you're retrenched — but not if you resign or get fired for misconduct. Current rates, deadlines, how to claim.
Maternity Leave In Malaysia Is 98 Days, Not 60. Fathers Get 7 Days — But Only If Married.Section 37 and 60FA of the Employment Act — the 98-day entitlement, eligibility conditions, the 5-children rule, paternity leave, and what to do if refused.
"It Was On My Private Account, After Hours" Is Not The Defence Malaysians Think It IsCan a Malaysian employer fire you over a Facebook or TikTok post? The Industrial Court tests, two cases with opposite outcomes, and what actually decides it.
Unfair Dismissal in Malaysia: Fired for No Good Reason? You Have 60 Days to ActFired without a reason in Malaysia? The s.20 IRA deadline is 60 days and it is strict. Here's what to file, where, and what you can realistically recover.
She Passed Her PIP And Got Fired Anyway. The Industrial Court Awarded Her RM1,036,640.When is dismissal for poor performance fair in Malaysia? The warning-PIP-opportunity test, with real Industrial Court awards where employers won and lost.
That Non-Compete Clause In Your Malaysian Employment Contract Is Almost Certainly VoidSection 28 Contracts Act 1950 makes post-employment non-competes void in Malaysia — no reasonableness test, unlike the UK or Singapore. Here's what employers can still enforce.

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