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While the Malaysian constitution guarantees the rights of all Malaysians to form and join a trade union, there are several restrictions imposed by the laws relating to trade unions, i.e., the Trade Unions Act of 1959 and the Industrial Relations Act of 1967. The restrictive Trade Unions Act does not allow general unions for workers.
The following is a list of acts of the Parliament of Malaysia by citation number. The list includes all principal laws of Malaysia enacted after 1969 and pre-1969 laws which have been revised by the Commissioner of Law Revision under the authority of the Revision of Laws Act 1968. Repealed acts and acts not yet in force are stricken through.
Tourist Development Corporation of Malaysia Act 1972: 72 Repealed by Act 481 Town and Country Planning Act 1976: 172 In force Town Planners Act 1995: 538 In force Trade Descriptions Act 1972: 87 Repealed by Act 730 Trade Descriptions Act 2011: 730 In force Trade Marks Act 1976: 175 Repealed by Act 815 Trade Unions Act 1959: 262 In force ...
The law of Malaysia is mainly based on the common law legal system. This was a direct result of the colonisation of Malaya, Sarawak, and North Borneo by Britain between the early 19th century to the 1960s. The supreme law of the land—the Constitution of Malaysia—sets out the legal framework and rights of Malaysian citizens.
A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, [1] such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of ...
Unions: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention: 1949 C098: Protection against discrimination for joining a trade union, promotion of voluntary collective agreements, taking collective action. 165 2. Unions: Equal Remuneration Convention: 1951 C100: The right to equal pay, without any discrimination on grounds of gender. 173 3 ...
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC; Malay: Kongres Kesatuan Sekerja Malaysia), is a national trade union centre in Malaysia. It was formed in 1949 and was originally known as the Malayan Trades Union Council. It then changed its name to the Malayan Trades Union Congress in 1958, and then to its current name with the formation of Malaysia.
The first was the founding of the Melaka Sultanate at the beginning of the 15th century; second was the spread of Islam in the indigenous culture; and finally, and perhaps the most significant in modern Malaysia, was British colonial rule which brought with it constitutional government and the common law system.