How it is calculated
This calculator is for monthly-rated employees and uses the minimum rates in the Employment Act 1955:
- Ordinary rate of pay (ORP) = monthly wage ÷ 26
- Hourly rate of pay (HRP) = ORP ÷ normal daily hours
- Normal day: overtime hours × 1.5 × HRP
- Rest day: work up to half the normal hours = 0.5 × ORP; more than half, up to the normal hours = 1 × ORP; each hour beyond the normal hours adds 2 × HRP
- Public holiday: 2 × ORP, on top of the holiday pay already in your monthly wage; each hour beyond the normal hours adds 3 × HRP
Normal hours cannot exceed 8 a day or 45 a week. The result is rounded to 2 decimal places at the end.
Worked example
Wage RM3,000 a month, 8-hour day: ORP RM115.38, HRP RM14.42.
| Situation | Pay |
|---|---|
| Normal day, 2 hours overtime | RM43.27 |
| Rest day, 4 hours | RM57.69 |
| Rest day, 6 hours | RM115.38 |
| Rest day, 10 hours | RM173.08 |
| Public holiday, 8 hours | RM230.77 |
| Public holiday, 10 hours | RM317.31 |
Why your number may differ
The Act sets minimum rates; your employer may pay more under your contract or a collective agreement. This calculator does not cover daily-rated, hourly-rated or piece-rated workers, shift work, or days where work runs past a 10-hour spread-over. Employees earning more than RM4,000 who are not manual workers are not covered by the statutory rates, and domestic employees are excluded. Overtime is capped at 104 hours a month, and total work cannot exceed 12 hours a day.