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Amended OSH act requiring safety coordinators in workplaces effective June 1 | Scoop
Human Resources Minister Steven Sim has said that the Occupational Safety and Health (Amendment) Act 2022 will come into effect on June 1, thus improving safety levels at workplaces. – Abdul Razak Latif/Scoop file pic, April 28, 2024
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Amended OSH act requiring safety coordinators in workplaces effective June 1

Steven Sim says companies must analyse risks and those with five or more workers must must appoint trained coordinator 

Bernama
Updated
2:35 PM MYT

 

CYBERJAYA – The Occupational Safety and Health (Amendment) Act 2022 will come into effect on June 1, further increasing the level of safety and health at workplaces nationwide

Human Resources Minister Steven Sim said he had signed the gazette to speed up the implementation and enforcement of the act which had been delayed for almost two years. 

“So within 100 days (at the helm of the ministry), I have signed the gazette for the new amendment to take effect,” he told reporters after officiating the World Day for Safety and Health celebration today. 

The Parliament passed the amendment on March 16 2022. 

According to Sim, the act’s enforcement requires employers to analyse risks in the workplace and appoint a health safety coordinator. 

“Companies with five or more employees must appoint a coordinator…the enforcement of this act is highly anticipated by the occupational health and safety (OSH) practitioner sector. 

Human Resources Minister Steven Sim has said that the amendment includes requiring employers to analyse health and safety risks in workplaces and making it a must for companies with five or more employees to appoint a safety coordinator. – Alif Omar/Scoop pic, April 28, 2024

“Coordinators are a new thing and with the presence of these trained people, we hope the workplace environment will be safer,” he said. 

Meanwhile, he said a total of 13,000 workers will follow the Occupational Mental Health First Aid training programme throughout the country this year. 

He said, the programme has been well received and 4,000 workers have been trained since it was launched in February this year. 

“We hope that this effort will strengthen OSH practices in the workplace…mental health issues are also our focus at the ministry,” he said. 

At today’s ceremony, 2,500 participants comprising OSH practitioners recited the integrity pledge and set a record as the largest integrity pledge by OSH practitioners in Malaysia in the Malaysian Book of Records. – April 28, 2024

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