BILL TO AMEND EMPLOYEES’ SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TABLED FOR FIRST READING

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 (Bernama) -- Human Resource Minister Steven Sim today tabled for first reading in the Dewan Rakyat the Employees’ Social Security (Amendment) Bill 2025.

He said the bill will be tabled for second reading during the current sitting.

The proposed amendment seeks to introduce a new social security scheme, namely Non-Employment Accident Injury Scheme, which extends social security protection to employees for accidents occurred outside working hours and not related to their employment. 

Clause 5 seeks to amend paragraphs 15(b), (c), (d) and (f) of the Employees’ Social Security Act 1969 (Act 4).

Subclause 5(a) seeks to amend paragraph 15(b) of Act 4 to provide that an insured person suffering from disablement as a result of non-employment injury shall also be entitled to disablement benefit.

Subclause 5(b) seeks to amend paragraph 15(c) of Act 4 to provide that the dependants of an insured person who dies as a result of non-employment injury shall also be entitled to dependants’ benefit.

Subclause 5(c) seeks to amend paragraph 15(d) of Act 4 to provide that an insured person who dies as a result of non-employment injury shall also be entitled to funeral benefit, while subclause 5(d) seeks to amend paragraph 15(f) of Act 4 to provide that an insured person suffering from disablement as a result of non-employment injury shall also be entitled to medical benefit.

The proposed new section 44c seeks to provide that an insured person who is determined by the organisation suffering from disablement as a result of non-employment injury, the insured person shall be eligible to all same benefits received as a result from employment injury under Act 4.

Clause 14 seeks to amend paragraph 57a(a) to provide for education benefit in the form of loans or scholarships may also be provided for dependants’ children of insured person who die as a result of a non-employment injury.

-- BERNAMA