Hire and pay employees in
Malaysia, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Malaysia. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.
The average onboarding time frame in Malaysia is 5 days with Deel.
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Währung
Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)

Hauptstadt
Kuala Lumpur
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Official Language
Malay
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Gehaltsabrechnungszyklus
Monthly
Onboard, pay and manage employees in Malaysia with Deel.
Usually, to hire in Malaysia, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.
Deel lets you hire employees in Malaysia quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more. For your existing direct employees, we can manage your entire payroll operation from end-to-end.
All the necessary benefits for Malaysia
built right in
Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Malaysia within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.
- Employees Provident Fund Contribution
- Sozialversicherung
- Training Fund
- Unemployment Insurance
- Private Healthcare - Unisure (optional)
- Private Gesundheitsversorgung – Allianz (optional)
- Global Life Insurance - Allianz
Our quickstart guide to hiring in Malaysia
Navigate the tabs below to learn everything you need to know about hiring an employee in Malaysia
Minimum Wage Requirements
Individuelle Einkommenssteuer
The individual income tax ranges from 0% to 30%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates. Multiple additional factors may impact overall rates such as the household status and the number of children.
Gross Annual Income | Steuersatz (%) |
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Up to MYR 5,000 | 0 |
Up to MYR 20,000 | 1% |
Up to MYR 35,000 | 3% |
Up to MYR 50,000 | 8% |
Up to MYR 70,000 | 11% |
Up to MYR 100,000 | 19 % |
Up to MYR 250,000 | 24% |
Up to MYR 400,000 | 25% |
Up to MYR 600,000 | 25% |
Up to MYR 1,000,000 | 26% |
Up to MYR 2,000,000 | 28% |
Over 2,000,000 | 30 % |
Personalkosten
- Employees Provident Fund (EPF):
- 12% for salaries lower than MYR 5,000
- 13% for salaries higher than MYR 5,000
- Employees’ Social Security (SOCSO) - Employees’ Social Secuity (SOCSO)- From MYR 23.65 to MYR 104.15
- Employment Insurance System (EIS): MYR2.70 to MYS 11.90
- Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) - 1.00%
Optional Cost
13th salary: Employers can decide to pay their employees in Malaysia a 13th salary. This is an optional bonus amounting to 1 month salary usually paid in January or December.
Die Kosten sind als Schätzungen angegeben und dienen ausschließlich allgemeinen Informationszwecken. Um Genaueres über die Kosten und Gebühren im Zusammenhang mit Arbeitsverträgen für dieses Land zu erfahren, bitten Sie unser Vertriebsteam um ein Angebot.
Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours
For employees earning over MYR 4,000 per month, overtime is not required and must be agreed upon between the employer and employee. Employees can work a maximum of 104 hours of overtime a month. For all additional hours, employees are paid 150% of their hourly rate. Weekends employees are paid at 200% of their hourly rate and for public holidays employees are paid at 300% of their hourly rate.
Standard working hours are eight hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard workweek is from Monday to Friday.
Maternity Leave
Paternity Leave
Elternzeit
Sick Leave
- Less than two years of employment - 14 days of sick leave
- Between two and five years of employment - 18 days of sick leave
- More than five years of employment - 22 days of sick leave
Termination Requirements
Kündigungen folgen komplexen Regelungen und müssen den Gesetzen des Landes entsprechen, in dem Mitarbeitende angestellt sind. Das Offboarding wird immer vom Arbeitgeber gemeinsam mit den wichtigsten Stakeholdern abgewickelt. Dabei können Ad-hoc-Gebühren anfallen und für spezifische Kündigungsfälle bestimmte Schritte erforderlich oder empfehlenswert sein.
Terminations in Malaysia can be complex. There is no at-will termination in Malaysia for employers and termination must be done for just cause.
Compliant terminations include:
- Voluntarily by the employee
- In beiderseitigem Einvernehmen
- Bis zum Ablauf des Vertrags
- Unilaterally by the employer based on:
- Probation period
- Objektive Gründe
- Disciplinary dismissal
- Performance due to unsuitability for the job
Notice Period
- If the length of service is less than two years, four weeks
- If the length of service is two years or more, but less than five years, six weeks notice
- If the length of service is five years or more, eight weeks notice
Severance for Employees
In Malaysia, severance is generally not required, unless the employee earns less than 4,000 RM per month.
Um Sie vor unvorhergesehenen finanziellen Risiken durch Kündigungen zu schützen, ist in allen Arbeitsverträgen von Deel für dieses Land eine Abfindungsrückstellung enthalten. Deel hat umfassende Erfahrung im Umgang mit globalen Prozessrisiken und berechnet Abfindungsrückstellungen nach den geltenden gewohnheitsrechtlichen oder gesetzlich verankerten Ansprüchen und lokalen Best Practices. Wenn Angestellte kündigen oder ihnen keine Abfindung zusteht, erhalten Sie alle ungenutzten Beträge zurück.
Paid Time Off
Public Holidays
Malaysia celebrates 5 national public holidays. However, every employee is entitled to the 11 gazetted public holidays and any day specified as a public holiday under Section 8 of the Holidays Act under Section 60D of the Employment Act. The 11 days include 5 compulsory days (listed below) and 6 elective days (employer discretion from the list on the government website). There are also multiple regional and unofficial holidays that can be granted at the discretion of the employer. For more information about the regional holidays in 2023, refer to the Malaysian government website.
- Labor Day: May 1
- Agong’s Birthday: June 5
- Merdeka (Independence) Day: August 31
- Malaysia Day: September 16
- State Ruler’s Birthday
Onboarding
Einzelheiten zum Arbeitsvertrag
A contract must include:
- Position offered
- Duration of the contract
- Place of work
- Basic wage & pay date
- Working hours and days
- Other benefits (if any)
- Overtime (if any)
- Annual leave
- Termination clause
- Sick leave and hospitalization leave
- Rest day
- Probationary period
- Notice period
- Duties and responsibilities
- Termination clause
- Statutory deductions and income tax
Probezeit
Probation periods help an employer and the employee ensure they're a hiring match, allowing a company to quickly decide if it's a fit or the employee to see if the job aligns with their career goals.
Hiring in Malaysia, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Malaysia with our EOR solution. If you have an entity, our Global Payroll solution takes care of payroll and compliance for your direct employees. Our 250+ in-house experts handle everything from managing local laws, complex tax systems, or your payroll in Malaysia and 150+ countries.
Ab 599 USD
Management fee
13-14%
Geschätzte Arbeitgeberkosten
*of employee salary
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