KWSP is now accepting KWSP 17A to be submitted by employer on behalf of their employees via email.

As affected by the Movement Control Order, all EPF branches across Malaysia will be closed during 18 to 31 March 2020. However, the KWSP 17A will only valid on the following month after KWSP received the form. That means KWSP 17A shall be submitted by before 31 March 2020 if the employees intend to maintain their employee statutory contribution rate at 11% starting from April 2020 salary.

As this form is to be submitted by employer on behalf of their employees, the signatories on Section B by employees can be ignored. Section C also mentioned that signature is not required if the form is to be submitted via email. This means that all signatories in the form can be skipped if the form is to be submitted via email. Employer working from home can just fill in and email to KWSP.

You can download the form here. Please remember to include 'VE2020' in the email subject and send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..