Failing to pay minimum salary: 2 bosses fined
Published on: Thursday, November 27, 2014
SANDAKAN: Two employers here have been fined by the Magistrate's Court for failing to respectively pay one of their workers the minimum basic salary, as required under the Minimum Wages Order 2012.Sabah Labour Department principal assistant director (Enforcement), Othman Abdullah, said the manufacturing company directors aged 50 and 60, respectively, pleaded guilty to the charge on Monday, and fined RM4,000 each.The charge carries a fine of not more than RM10,000 for each worker, he said in a statement here Wednesday.
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According to him, the department is serious in enforcing the National Wages Consultative Act 2011 and Minimum Wages Order 2012 to ensure that the rights and welfare of workers are safeguarded.He also disclosed that some employers were being investigated and would be taken action against if found to have violated the law.Meanwhile, he said a plantation company director was charged in the Magistrate's Court here today for failing to submit a written notice to the department about a worker's accident at the workplace.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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The charge, under Section 13(5), provides for a fine of not more than RM5,000 for the first offence, and not more than RM10,000 for a repeat offence.
