The State Secretary of Pahang Darul Makmur Datuk Seri Dr. Sallehuddin Ishak announced that Thursday 23rd May 2019 has been declared by the State Government of Pahang Darul Makmur as a public holiday for Pahang on the demise of the late Sultan of Pahang, Paduka Ayahanda Sultan Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah Ibni Al Marhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’adzam Shah.
2) Employers in Pahang Darul Makmur with collective agreements or terms and conditions of employment which provide for paid public holiday on all public holidays as declared/gazetted by the Federal or State Government will have to observe Thursday 23rd May 2019 as a paid public holiday. Such employers who need to operate on Thursday 23rd May 2019 may either substitute, with the agreement of the employee, Thursday 23rd May 2019 with another day as a paid public holiday or pay the employee who works on Thursday 23rd May 2019 the specified rate for work on public holiday as provided under the collective agreements or terms and conditions of employment.
3) Employers which by virtue of the collective agreements or terms and conditions of employment do not observe all the public holidays as declared/gazetted by the Federal or State Government but observe only a specified number of public holidays, are not legally obliged to observe Thursday 23rd May 2019 as a paid holiday.
4) If Thursday 23rd May 2019 is observed as a public holiday and is also a weekly rest day of an employee, the following working day shall be a paid holiday for the employee. If Thursday 23rd May 2019 is an off day of the employee, there is no need for replacement for the holiday. In the event that the employee is required to work on his off day on Thursday 23rd May 2019, he shall be paid specified rate for work on public holiday as provided under the collective agreements or terms and conditions of employment.
5) Please be advised that the said public holiday as declared by the State Government of Pahang Darul Makmur is not within the ambit of Section 60D(1)(b) of the Employment Act 1955 as it is not declared under Section 8 of the Holidays Act 1951. Therefore there is no legal requirement to observe the holiday declared by the State Government except in situations as explained in paragraph 2 above. However, as a mark of respect on the demise of the late Sultan of Pahang Darul Makmur, Paduka Ayahanda Sultan Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah Ibni Al Marhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’adzam Shah, all member companies in Pahang Darul Makmur are advised to observe Thursday 23rd May 2019 as a paid public holiday.
