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From that date, the Minister of Human Resources revised the First Schedule, expanding the scope of the Labour Ordinance of Sarawak (LOS) from employees earning not more than RM2,500 to all individuals employed under a contract of service. This marked a significant development that extended protection to all employees in Sarawak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"806\"\u003eAt the same time, employers’ interests were protected by restricting entitlement to overtime pay, work on rest days and public holidays, and termination benefits to employees earning not more than RM4,000, as well as those engaged in manual labour, drivers and mechanics of mechanically propelled vehicles, supervisors of manual labourers, recruiters, ship officers, and domestic servants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"1129\"\u003eOne of the most important benefits now available to all employees, regardless of salary level, is access to the Labour Court. 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Balasubramaniam began his career in 1960 as a Kirkby-trained teacher. His involvement in industrial relations started in 1961 when he established the Terengganu Division of the MTUC. After earning a Second Class Upper Honours degree in Social English (Economics), with distinction in Industrial Relations, he joined the Malayan Employers Federation (MEF), where he later retired as Senior Industrial Relations Advisor. During his time at MEF, he also obtained his LLB (Hons).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"480\" data-end=\"846\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eHe has served on the National Labour Advisory Council and was a part-time lecturer in Labour Law at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, a part-time tutor in Economics at University Malaya, and a tutor in Quantitative Methods at Universiti Sains Malaysia. 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