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Self-Employment Social Security Act 2017 (Act 789).

Country/Territory
Malaysia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017 (2020)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Forestry, General
Keyword
Business/industry/corporations Social protection Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Internal trade International trade
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
Abstract

This Act consisting of 89 articles aims at providing for the social security for self-employed person and for matters connected therewith and applies to any self-employment activity in the industry specified in the First Schedule. In this updated version, the Scheme, initially concerning the self-employed in the Passenger Transportation Sector, has been extended to other sectors, among which (i) good and food transport; (ii) agriculture; (iii) livestock; (iv) forestry; (v) fisheries; (vi) food; (vii) construction; (viii) manufacturing; (ix) hawkers.

Full text
English
Website
www.perkeso.gov.my