Pekerja domestik (domestic employee)

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Dalam RUU Kerja (Pindaan) 2022, istilah pekerja domestik telah ditukarkan daripada kakitangan domestik (domestic servant) kepada pekerja domestik (domestic employee).

Pekerja domestik ialah seseorang yang diambil bekerja berkaitan kerja rumah kediaman persendirian dan tidak berkaitan dengan apa-apa perdagangan, perniagaan, atau profesion yang dijalankan oleh majikan di rumah kediaman tersebut.

Contohnya, tukang masak, pembantu rumah, penjaga kanak-kanak, pembasuh      baju, pelayan, tukang kebun, penjaga, pembersih haiwan atau pemandu;

Akta Kerja 1955 mengecualikan pekerja domestik daripada peruntukan-peruntukan di bawah:

  • Penamatan kontrak (Seksyen 12 & 14)
  • Hari kerja minimum pekerja ladang (Seksyen 16)
  • Had pendahuluan upah kepada pekerja (Seksyen 22)
  • Tanggungjawab majikan menyimpan rekod pekerja (Seksyen 61)
  • Cuti bersalin (Bahagian IX)
  • Hari rehat, jam kerja, cuti umum, cuti sakit, cuti tahunan dan syarat kerja lain (Bahagian XII),
  • Penamatan, pemberhentian kerja sementara dan faedah penamatan (Bahagian XIIA)

Majikan yang menggaji mana-mana pekerja domestik asing, atau telah menamatkan kontraknya, mesti memaklumkan Jabatan Tenaga Kerja (JTK) dalam masa 30 hari. Kegagalan berbuat demikian akan didenda tidak melebihi RM50,000 (Pindaan baru).

Nota : LLRC berpendapat pekerja domestik harus diberi layanan sama seperti pekerja lain, seperti yang dicadangkan oleh Pertubuhan Buruh Antarabangsa (ILO). Kerajaan harus meratifikasikan Konvensyen ILO 189 mengenai Pekerja Domestik

Sumber: Seksyen 2(1), 57A, Jadual Pertama, Akta Kerja 1955

English version

Domestic employee

In the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2022, the term for domestic workers has been changed from domestic servant to domestic employee.

A domestic employee is a person employed for domestic work of a private residence and is not related to any trade, business, or profession carried on by the employer in that residence.

For example, a cook, maid, child minder, laundress, waiter, gardener, caretaker, animal cleaner or driver;

The Employment Act 1955 exempts domestic workers from the following provisions:

● Termination of contract (Sections 12 & 14)

● Minimum working days for plantation workers (Section 16)

● Limit on advance payment of wages to workers (Section 22)

● Employers’ responsibility to keep records of employees (Section 61)

● Maternity leave (Part IX)

● Rest days, working hours, public holidays, sick leave, annual leave and other conditions of employment (Part XII),

● Termination, temporary layoff and termination benefits (Part XIIA)

An employer who employs any foreign domestic worker, or has terminated his contract, must notify the Department of Labour (JTK) within 30 days. Failure to do so will result in a fine not exceeding RM50,000 (new amendment).

Note : Note: LLRC believes that domestic workers should be treated equally as other workers, as recommended by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The government should ratify ILO Convention 189 on Domestic Workers

Source : Section 2(1), 57A, Schedule 1, Employment Act 1955