{"id":5132,"date":"2022-11-19T01:12:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T17:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancgroup.biz\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2022-11-19T01:12:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T17:12:29","slug":"treatment-of-election-public-holidays-18-and-19-november-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancgroup.biz\/ms\/treatment-of-election-public-holidays-18-and-19-november-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Treatment of Election Public Holidays : 18 and 19 November 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Election Public Holidays : 18 and 19 November 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The caretaker Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Sri\u00a0Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob\u00a0 has announced that 18 and 19 November 2022 are declared public holidays under Section 8 of the Holidays Act 1951. This is to encourage and facilitate Malaysians to vote for their government in the upcoming General Election.<\/p>\n

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Employers are to observe the following:-<\/p>\n

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  1. Section 8 of the Holidays Act 1951 shall be observed as a paid holiday;<\/li>\n
  2. The holiday will be in addition to the eleven (11) gazette public holidays in accordance with Section 60D(1) of the Employment Act;<\/li>\n
  3. The holidays will only be applicable to Peninsular Malaysia and Federal Territory of Labuan;<\/li>\n
  4. Employer can substitute the said holidays with other days;<\/li>\n
  5. If 18 or 19 November 2022 (Friday or Saturday) is a rest day for some states, the following working day, 20 November 2022 (Sunday) will be a substitution for the public holiday;<\/li>\n
  6. Due consideration on time off must be given to employee who wishes to vote on 19 November 2022.<\/li>\n
  7. In respect of employees under First Schedule of the Employment Act, Employers are to comply with the holiday pay and overtime rates stated under Section 60D(3) of the Employment Act, i.e. 2 times the ordinary rate of pay and 3 times for overtime.<\/li>\n
  8. In respect of employees outside the scope of First Schedule of the Employment Act, employers and employees shall observe their own contract of service.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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