New Act on Employees' Minimum Standards of Housing, Accommodations and Amenities
01Overview
On 27.08.2020, Minister of Human Resources had issued a Federal Government Gazetted on Employees’ Minimum Standards of Housing, Accommodations and Amenities (Accommodation and Centralized accommodation regulations 2020)
02Key takeaway
You will understand the:
1. Effective date
2. Basic amenities with minimum requirements
3. Commits an offence
03Summary of learning
1. Effective from 1 September 2020, all employers and centralized accommodation providers who provide accommodation or centralized accommodation shall follow the Minimum requirement on the Amenities.
2. Minimum requirement on the Amenities
* Basic amenities required which shall not be shared: -
* A single bed with not less than 1.7sqm and if space between the double-decker bed shall not less than 0.7m;
* A mattress (thickness of not less than 4 inches), a pillow and a blanket; and
* A locked cupboard of not less than L 0.35m x W 0.35m x H 0.9m for safe custody of the employees’ valuables item
* Size of floor area for bedroom and sleeping area
* Non-dormitory: not less than 3.6sqm for each employee
* Dormitory: not less than 3sqm for each employee
* Supply for water and electricity
3. Commits an offence
* Any centralized accommodation provider who fail to comply is liable to a fine of not exceeding RM1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both.
* An employer who fail to comply is liable to a fine of not exceeding RM50,000.00.
04Sources
P.U (A) 250 Employees’ Minimum Standards of Housing, Accommodations and Amenities Act 1990
http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pua_20200828_PUA%20250.pdf
Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities (amendment) Act 2019
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