Effective 1 June 2021, domestic workers are covered under the Employees’ Social Security Act 1969 (Act 4) and Employment Insurance System (Act 800).
Registration and contribution payment to PERKESO are mandatory for employers and domestic workers.
A domestic worker is a person employed exclusively in the work or in connection with work of a private dwelling house and not of any trade, business or profession carried on by the employer in such dwelling house.
Housemaid
Personal Driver
Gardener
Personal Bodyguard
Personal Security Guard
Personal Cook
Caregiver
Nanny
Eligibility Conditions
Local Domestic Worker
Foreign Domestic Worker
Registration & Contribution Payment
Employers must register their domestic worker with PERKESO and ensure that the contribution is paid based on the eligibility and specified contribution rates. Failure to comply may result in a fine of up to RM10,000, imprisonment for up to 2 years or both.
Type of coverage for domestic worker based on eligibility:
Act / Domestic Worker | Act 4 | Act 4 | Act 800 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Employment Injury Scheme | Invalidity Scheme | Employment Insurance System | ||
Local (Malaysian/Permanent Resident/Temporary Resident) | / | / | / | |
Foreigner | / | / (Effective 1 July 2024) |
X | |
Contribution Rate | Employer | 1.25% | 0.5% | 0.2% |
Employee | - | 0.5% | 0.2% | |
The contribution rates which must be paid is based on the contribution schedule as follows:
Contribution rate can be referred via the link below:
There are two(2) contribution payment methods for domestic worker which are monthly payment via the ASSIST portal or advance payment up to 24 months via the Prihatin app:
Benefits offered are the same offered to formal workers.
For Local Domestic Workers domestic workers:
For Foreign Domestic Workers, the type of benefits, eligibility conditions and contribution rates are the same as the conditions for foreign workers:
Menara PERKESO, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
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