# Malaysian labour law map: statute, regulator, portal, scope

> Every Malaysian employment statute mapped to the department that administers it, the portal you actually file in, and what it governs.

- Category: employment
- Language: en
- Status: published
- Updated: 2026-07-20
- Canonical: https://negaraku.md/en/employment/labour-law-map-malaysia

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Nobody publishes this, which is odd, because the first question in any Malaysian
compliance problem is not *what does the law say* — it is **whose law is it and where do
I file**. Answering that wrongly costs weeks: a s.20 representation lodged with the wrong
department does not stop the 60-day clock, and an approval sought from JTKSM for a Sabah
employee is not an approval at all.

Every URL below was checked. Where a commonly cited address does not resolve, that is
noted, because those are the ones that waste an afternoon.

## Labour standards

| Statute | Act | Authority | Portal | Governs |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Employment Act 1955 | 265 | Department of Labour Peninsular Malaysia (JTKSM) — `jtksm.gov.my` | Complaints via SisPAA, `mohr.spab.gov.my` | Hours, leave, wages, harassment, FWA, forced labour — peninsula only |
| Labour Ordinance (Sabah) | Sabah Cap. 67 | Labour Department Sabah (JTK Sabah) — `jtksabah.gov.my` | eNORES, `enores.jtksabah.gov.my` | The same ground, in Sabah |
| Labour Ordinance (Sarawak) | Sarawak Cap. 76 | Labour Department Sarawak (JTK Sarawak) — `jtkswk.gov.my` | ALIANCE, `aliance.sarawak.gov.my` | The same ground, in Sarawak |
| Children and Young Persons (Employment) Act 1966 | 350 | JTKSM / JTK Sabah / JTK Sarawak | No dedicated portal | Employment of minors |
| Employees' Minimum Standards of Housing, Accommodations and Amenities Act 1990 | 446 | JTKSM and the state departments | Sistem Permohonan Perakuan Penginapan, `akta446.mohr.gov.my` | Employer-provided accommodation and the Certificate for Accommodation |
| National Wages Consultative Council Act 2011 | 732 | Council secretariat at MOHR; enforced by the labour departments | `gajiminimum.mohr.gov.my` | The minimum wage, set by gazetted Order |

The commonly cited `minimumwages.mohr.gov.my` does not resolve. The live minimum-wage site
is `gajiminimum.mohr.gov.my`.

## Disputes and unions

| Statute | Act | Authority | Portal | Governs |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Industrial Relations Act 1967 | 177 | Department of Industrial Relations (JPPM) — `jpp.mohr.gov.my` | IRIS, `iris.mohr.gov.my` | Unfair dismissal representations, conciliation, trade disputes |
| — | — | Industrial Court of Malaysia — `mp.gov.my` | e-Filing `mp.gov.my/ef`, e-Mention `eic.gov.my/eicx` | Adjudication of references and awards |
| Trade Unions Act 1959 | 262 | Department of Trade Union Affairs (JHEKS) — `jheks.mohr.gov.my` | e-TUIS, `e-tuis.jheks.gov.my` | Union registration and administration |

**`jppm.mohr.gov.my` does not resolve.** JPPM's actual domain drops the second M. It is the
single most repeated broken reference in Malaysian HR writing.

## Safety and health

| Statute | Act | Authority | Portal | Governs |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 | 514 | Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH / JKKP) — `dosh.gov.my` | MyKKP, `mykkp.dosh.gov.my`; APIS, `apis.dosh.gov.my` | Employer safety duties, OSH coordinators, accident notification |

Note `www.dosh.gov.my` does not resolve — use the apex domain.

## Contributions

| Statute | Act | Authority | Portal | Governs |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Employees Provident Fund Act 1991 | 452 | EPF / KWSP — `kwsp.gov.my` | i-Akaun (Employer), `secure.kwsp.gov.my` | Retirement contributions |
| Employees' Social Security Act 1969 | 4 | PERKESO — `perkeso.gov.my` | ASSIST Portal, `assist.perkeso.gov.my` | Employment injury and invalidity |
| Employment Insurance System Act 2017 | 800 | PERKESO | ASSIST; claims via LINDUNG KERJAYA | Retrenchment income replacement |
| Self-Employment Social Security Act 2017 | 789 | PERKESO | ASSIST / SKSPS registration | Self-employed and gig worker cover |
| Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad Act 2001 | 612 | HRD Corp — `hrdcorp.gov.my` | eTRiS, `etris.hrdcorp.gov.my` | Training levy and claims |

`kwsp.gov.my` returns 403 to automated clients. That is bot protection, not an outage.

## The two newest, and the awkward ones

| Statute | Act | Authority | Portal | Governs |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gig Workers Act 2025 | 872 | SEGiM; conciliation via JPPM; social security via PERKESO; enforcement support from JTKSM and DOSH | eAduan Gig, `eaduan-gig.mohr.gov.my`; Act microsite `mohr.gov.my/aktapekerjagig2025` | Service agreements, gig worker rights, the Gig Workers Tribunal, platform SOCSO deduction |
| Anti-Sexual Harassment Act 2022 | 840 | Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM) — `kpwkm.gov.my` | TAGS portal, `tags.kpwkm.gov.my/portal` | Complaints of sexual harassment by any person, employment or not |

Two things to hold loosely here. The **Gig Economy Commission (SEGiM)** is not established
by Act 872 — the Act creates a Tribunal and a Consultative Council — and no standalone
SEGiM domain could be found. Treat statements about its powers as unconfirmed until the
instrument creating it surfaces.

And the harassment tribunal is **TAGS** — *Tribunal bagi Antigangguan Seksual*. The
abbreviation TTGS, which appears in some write-ups, points at a domain that does not
exist. It also sits under a different ministry from everything else on this page, which is
why a harassment matter can be running at KPWKM and at JTKSM simultaneously without either
knowing.

## Where statutes actually live

Two repositories, both official: the Attorney General's Chambers Federal Legislation
Portal at `lom.agc.gov.my`, and the ministry's own `eakta.mohr.gov.my`. LOM serves the
older Acts cleanly at a predictable path; several of the newer ones — 612, 732, 789, 800,
840, 872 — currently error there and have to be sourced from the administering agency
instead.

One naming note that trips people up: the Ministry of Human Resources rebranded to
**KESUMA**, but the rebrand was naming only. `kesuma.gov.my` does not resolve.
`mohr.gov.my` remains canonical, and every subdomain in the tables above hangs off it.

## Common mistakes

**Filing a s.20 representation with JTKSM.** Unfair dismissal goes to JPPM, through IRIS.
JTKSM handles labour standards. The 60-day window does not pause while a misfiled
representation sits in the wrong inbox.

**Using Act 265 for a Sabah or Sarawak employee.** Different statute, different department,
different portal.

**Citing Act 446 by the wrong name.** It is the *Employees' Minimum Standards of Housing,
Accommodations and Amenities Act 1990*.

**Assuming one ministry.** Harassment tribunal matters sit with KPWKM; everything else on
this page sits with MOHR.

**Assuming SEGiM has statutory powers under Act 872.** It does not appear in the Act.

## What's next

Pin the portal column to your compliance calendar, not the statute column — the statute
tells you what is owed, the portal is where the deadline is actually met. Then read the
[Employment Act guide](/en/employment/employment-act-1955-guide) for the peninsula, and the
[Sabah and Sarawak page](/en/employment/sabah-sarawak-labour-ordinance) if any of your headcount sits
across the sea.

## Sources

- Laws of Malaysia — Federal Legislation Portal — https://lom.agc.gov.my (Attorney General's Chambers)
- Ministry of Human Resources official portal — https://www.mohr.gov.my (Ministry of Human Resources)
- Gig Workers Act 2025 (Act 872) — https://www.mohr.gov.my/aktapekerjagig2025/assets/documents/Act%20872.pdf (Ministry of Human Resources)

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