by Donovan & Ho | Apr 11, 2018 | Employment Law
9th May 2018 has been declared as a public holiday. The Prime Minister’s Office said that the public holiday declaration is in accordance with Section 8 of the Holidays Act 1951. Section 8 of the Holidays Act allows the Minister, by notification in the Gazette...
by Donovan & Ho | Apr 10, 2018 | Employment Law
The Election Commission has announced that Malaysia will go to the polls on 9 May 2018 (Wednesday). In the short period of time since the announcement, we have already received numerous queries from clients about how to manage this situation given that 9 May 2018 is a...
by Donovan & Ho | Apr 5, 2018 | Employment Law
The thought of having one’s salary reduced by an employer is often a difficult pill to swallow. In the business landscape, salary reductions are often attributed to either a demotion or the declining financial performance of the company. However, are employee salary...
by Donovan & Ho | Apr 3, 2018 | Employment Law
Should an employee be held accountable for postings made on their personal Facebook account? The recent Industrial Court case of Roslan Ayob v Parkroyal Penang Resort & Ors [Award No. 444 of 2018, 27 February 2018] deals with this issue. Brief Facts The employee...
by Donovan & Ho | Mar 26, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial, Tax
Effective 1 September 2017, foreign nationals who stay at an accommodation premise in Malaysia are subject to a tourism tax of RM10 per room per night. Malaysians and permanent residents of Malaysia are exempted from paying the tourism tax. While it seems like the...
