Part time worker will be able to enjoy better benefits such as Employee Provident Fund, Sosco and Medical coverage on pro rate basis. This new regulation takes effective on 1 Oct 2010. Employers must contribute EPF & Socsco as long as the part timer work between 30% and 70% of the number of hours clocked in by regular staff.
Human Resource Minister Datuk Dr S.Subramaniam said the new regulations which were gazetted recently, were aimed to protect the rights of part time workers in Malaysia. It expected to reduce dependency on the foreign worker and to encourage more Malaysians who were currently not working enter the labour force.