KUALA LUMPUR, — Have you been looking forward to an extra long weekend next month with this year’s overlap of Malaysia Day and the Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday on September 16?
Did you plan to enjoy a four-day break from September 14 to September 17 (Saturday to Tuesday) by hoping for a replacement day off? If you are working in the private sector in peninsular Malaysia, it really depends on your employer.
In a statement today, the Human Resources Ministry’s Department of Labour Peninsular Malaysia said Malaysia Day on September 16 is a compulsory public holiday that employees are entitled to, and that it cannot be replaced with another day.
As for Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday, which happens to fall on September 16 this year, the department said this is an optional public holiday.