What penalties can MOM impose if employers do not follow MOM’s guidelines?
Under the Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSH Act), employers have a duty to protect their employees’ safety and health at work.
Employers should adequately mitigate the risks posed by the haze to the safety and health of workers, by taking reference from the guidelines. Failure to do so, may result in enforcement actions by the MOM under the WSH Act, which may include issuance of stop work orders and composition fines.
This information is sourced from MOM
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