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Looking at the establishment size, expatriates / PR in medium establishments and foreign
workers in large establishments had the highest average normal working hours of about 8.8 and
9.5 hours per day, assuming a 5-day work week. In terms of overtime hours, foreign workers in
medium establishments registered the highest average paid OT hours, with about 1.5 hours more
than the national average.
Table 4-22: Average normal working hours per non-Malaysian employee by establishment size
Expatriates /PR Foreign Workers
National average 43.2 46.4
Large establishments 42.0 47.3
Medium establishments 44.0 46.7
Small establishments 43.7 45.8
Table 4-23: Average paid OT hours per full-time and part-time Malaysian employee by
establishment size
Expatriates /PR* Foreign Workers
National average 12.4 14.7
Large establishments 15.0 14.6
Medium establishments 7.7 16.2
Small establishments 24.0 13.8
* Low sample size
On average per day, 9% of all the expatriate / PR employees and 44% of the foreign workers
worked paid overtime hours.
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