Public-holiday planning
- Use the planner to place annual leave immediately before or after public holidays and weekends; then confirm the exact holiday calendar and entitlement with your employer before booking.
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🇲🇾Malaysia
Malaysia.gov summarises the Employment Act baseline as 8 days below two years of service, 12 days from two to five years, and 16 days above five years. Regional labour laws can differ.
Statutory paid annual leave8 days under 2 years; 12 days at 2–5 years; 16 days above 5 yearsAnnual-leave context
Comparable 5-day-week equivalent8 days at year 1; 12 at 5 years; 16 at 10 yearsNormalized comparison value; see method below.
Official sourceVerifiedMalaysia Government — Labour Law
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Legal basis and comparison method
Malaysia.gov summarises the Employment Act baseline as 8 days below two years of service, 12 days from two to five years, and 16 days above five years. Regional labour laws can differ.
Equivalent by service length
| 1st year / first full entitlement | 8 days |
| 2 years | 12 days |
| 5 years | 12 days |
| 10 years | 16 days |
| 20+ years | 16 days |
Simplified comparison points. Actual legal thresholds may use anniversaries, cumulative service, education credits or other rules.
Regional and calendar caveats
The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.
Official employment source: Malaysia Government — Labour Law. Open official guidance ↗
This is a planning aid, not employment-law advice. Entitlement can depend on tenure, work pattern, sector, contract, collective agreement and regional law.
Planner
The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.
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