These terms cannot be less favourable than the terms stipulated under the Employment Act 1955. An employee has been absent from work for more than two consecutive working days without prior leave from his employer. Normal hours of work means the hours of work as agreed between an employer and an employee in the contract of service to be the usual hours of work per day. 48 hours in a week. Upon mutual agreement, hours of work can exceed 9 hours a day but it cannot exceed 48 hours in a week.
Overtime means the hours of work carried out in excess of the normal hours of work per day.
An employee should not be required to work overtime exceeding a total of 104 hours in a month. A contract of service shall specify a wage period not exceeding one month. If the contract does not specify this, the wage period would be deemed to be one month. The employer may apply for extension of payment of wages time from the Director General of Labour Department. Wages should be paid to an employee not later than the day when the contract of service is terminated.