Holidays

Section 60D of the Employment Act 1955 state that every employee shall be entitled to a paid public holiday at his ordinary rate of pay on the eleven of the gazetted public holidays, five from Employment Act 1955 section 60D(1)(a) are:-

1. National Day;
2. Birthday of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong;
3. Birthday of the Ruler or the Yang di-Pertua Negeri, as the case may be, of the State in which the employee wholly or mainly works under his contract of service, or the Federal Territory Day, if the employee wholly or mainly works in the Federal Territory;
4. Worker's Day; and
5. Malaysia Day.

You can find the eleven of the gazetted public holidays at First Schedule Holidays Act 1951.

• Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w)
• Hari Kebangsaan or National Day
• Chinese New Year
• Wesak Day
• Birthday of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
• Hari Raya Puasa
• Hari Raya Haji
• Deepavali
• Christmas day
• Malaysia Day
• Nuzul Al-Quran