Description
1. Short title and application.
(1) This Act may be cited as the Employment Act 1955. (2) This Act shall apply to West Malaysia only.
2. Interpretation.
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires
"agricultural undertaking" means any work in which any em- ployee is employed under a contract of service for the purposes of agriculture, horticulture or silviculture, the tending of domestic animals and poultry or the collection of the produce of any plants or trees:
"apprenticeship contract" means a written contract entered into by a person with an employer who undertakes to employ the person and train or have him trained systematically for a trade for a specified period which shall not be less than two years in the course of which the apprentice is bound to work in the employer's service;
"approved amenity or approved service" means any amenity or service-
(a) approved by the Director General under section 29 (2) on application made to him by an employer for its inclusion in a contract of service; or
(b) provided for in any award made by the Industrial Court or in any collective agreement;
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