Minimum Wages Order 2024 Gazetted
12 December 2024
The
Minimum Wages Order 2024 [P.U.(A) 376/2024] (“
MWO 2024”) was gazetted on 4 December 2024. The MWO 2024 will come into force in two stages as follows:
- On 1 February 2025, the minimum monthly wages of RM 1,700 will apply to the following employers:
- On 1 August 2025, the minimum monthly wages of RM 1,700 will apply to all employers regardless of number of employees.
Employers who have less than five employees other than MASCO Employers can continue to pay minimum wages of RM 1,500 to its employees until 1 August 2025.
The breakdown of the minimum wage rates by monthly rate, daily rate and hourly rate is as follows:
| Minimum Wages |
| Monthly |
Daily |
Hourly (Each hour) |
| RM 1,700 |
Amount of Days worked in a week |
RM 8.72 |
| 6 |
5 |
4 |
| RM 65.38 |
RM 78.46 |
RM 98.08 |
Comments
The increase in minimum wages was announced by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, during the tabling of the 2025 Malaysian Budget last October. This step aligns with the Government’s effort to ensure that employees
“earn meaningful wages and salaries to live more comfortably”1. The Government has also stressed that the minimum wages apply to foreign workers.
It is to be noted that the MWO 2024 does not apply to domestic servants.
The Government has issued a Frequently Asked Questions document on the application of the MWO 2024 which may be accessed
here.
Alert by Sara Lau (Partner) of the Employment Law Practice of Skrine.
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