Articles | Donovan & Ho, Advocates & Solicitors

Top 5 Employment Law issues of 2019

Apr 29, 2019 | Employment Law

What are the employment law topics that everyone is searching for in 2019? We’ve analysed the most popular searches and…...
Secondment of Employees: What You Should Know

Apr 22, 2019 | Employment Law

What is a secondment? A secondment is where an employee is assigned by an employer to temporarily work for another…...
Case Spotlight: Conflict of Interest in Employment

Apr 08, 2019 | Employment Law

Do you find anything wrong with this scenario? “Employee X is working for a multinational corporation (“MNC”) as its purchasing…...
Case Spotlight: What is a Genuine Fixed Term Contract?

Apr 02, 2019 | Employment Law

Fixed term employment contracts are employment contracts for a specified period (eg: 1 year or 2 years). These contracts are…...
Case Spotlight: The Proper Approach to be Taken for Sexual Harassment

Mar 22, 2019 | Employment Law

Sexual harassment at the workplace is not something new, but it has been making headlines in Malaysian news over the…...
Acting Fast in a Constructive Dismissal Claim

Jan 31, 2019 | Employment Law

Constructive Dismissal is where an employee leaves his employment as a result of the employer breaching a fundamental term of…...
What is an Invalidity Pension?

Jan 25, 2019 | Employment Law

Invalidity Pensions Invalidity Pension or more commonly known to the public as “pencen ilat” is a benefit conferred to employees…...
Practical Considerations in Settling an Unfair Dismissal Claim

Jan 04, 2019 | Employment Law

After a complaint for unfair dismissal is filed to the Industrial Relations Department, more often than not, parties would face…...
Proposed Amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1967

Dec 21, 2018 | Employment Law

In keeping with the Ministry of Human Resources’ (“Ministry”) policy to review and reform the employment landscape in Malaysia, the…...
Case Spotlight: Termination for Sexual Grooming

Dec 17, 2018 | Employment Law

Cases involving misconduct of a sexual nature in the Industrial Court are often related to sexual harassment. However, the Industrial…...
Rights of Part-Timers

Nov 22, 2018 | Employment Law

Part-time employees are defined under the Employment Act 1955 (“Employment Act”) as employees whose average hours of work per week…...
Can a Bankrupt Sue for Unfair Dismissal?

Oct 16, 2018 | Dispute Resolution, Employment Law

Section 38(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1967 (“Act“) prohibits a bankrupt from pursuing legal action without prior sanction from the…...
Proposed Amendments to the Employment Act (2018)

Oct 04, 2018 | Employment Law

Amidst calls from the public to amend the Employment Act 1955 (“Act”) due to concerns about the inadequacy of the…...
Increase to Minimum Wage Effective 1 January 2019

Sep 06, 2018 | Employment Law

Note: This article was published on 6 September 2018. Subsequent to the publication of the article, the Minimum Wages Order…...
Appealing Against Industrial Court Decisions

Sep 05, 2018 | Employment Law

The tail end of an unfair dismissal case is the issuance of a court award (“Award”) which sets out the…...