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Working on Malaysia Day 2026: What the Employment Act Pays You, and the RM4,000 Line That Switches It Off
Malaysia Day falls on Wednesday 16 September 2026, and it is one of only five public holidays the Employment Act 1955 makes compulsory by name. If your employer requires you to work that day, section 60D(3) says you get your holiday pay plus two days' wages at the ordinary rate, and it applies even if you work one hour. Overtime beyond your normal hours on that day is at least three times your hourly rate. But the First Schedule to the same Act switches section 60D(3) off entirely for anyone whose wages exceed four thousand ringgit a month, unless they fall into one of five listed categories, and the Act does not extend to Sabah or Sarawak at all. Here is the actual text, and where it stops applying.
Every Malaysian Public Holiday Left in 2026 — the Official Dates State by State, the Long Weekends Still Bookable, and the 2027 Schedule That Just Landed
Ten gazetted holiday dates remain in 2026 after Maulidur Rasul, and only four of them apply to the whole country. We re-read the Prime Minister's Department's own schedule, the 2026 school calendar and the Holidays Act 1951 on 25 August — and found the 2027 federal list already published on the same portal. Here is what is left, what three days of leave still buys you this week, why Johor is no longer a Friday–Saturday state, and the mid-May 2027 window that turns two days of leave into nine days off.