‘Wages for Work Done’: Is it Time to Legislate?

This study is designed to address one of the major issues regarding employment contracts that have been widely debated when most businesses were forced shut down by state authorities as part containment measures Covid-19 pandemic. The issue on entitlement employees secure their full wages while they can't perform work at all or partially assigned tasks from home. Therefore, this paper explores examining legal position 'wages' in under Malaysia framework. As a contract generally built exchange labour for better known rule work-wage bargain, it pertinent evaluate extent affects contractual parties such circumstances. research purely doctrinal applies critical analysis approach. Apart reference relevant statutory provisions and case laws within Malaysian foreign jurisdictions particular United Kingdom Australia, evaluated through theory relationship. has found inadequacy law dealing with effectively calls legislative pursue considerable thoughts enable same be dealt future.