Employers can't deduct salaries as punishment – minister

A restaurant chain that allegedly imposed salary deductions for various mistakes and misconduct may have run afoul of labour laws.

The matter came to light after the ramen restaurant’s purported list of “wrongdoings” such as taking medical leave or going to the toilet too frequently was circulated online, along with penalties up to RM500 that may be imposed on individual employees or the entire staff including those on holiday.