by Donovan & Ho | Apr 12, 2017 | Corporate and Commercial, Employment Law, Tax
Planning ahead is essential for any kind of transaction. It is an exercise which helps to anticipate potential problems, allowing steps to be taken to pre-empt any of those problems from arising. It is no less true for the sale of a business. This article is written...
by Donovan & Ho | Apr 5, 2017 | Employment Law
The Self Employment Social Security Bill 2016 (“Bill”) was tabled for first reading before the Dewan Rakyat yesterday. The Bill proposes to make it mandatory for all self-employed Malaysians in certain industries to contribute to a fund similar to the Social Security...
by Donovan & Ho | Apr 3, 2017 | Donovan and Ho updates, Employment Law
Donovan Cheah will be speaking at the Asia Employment Law Congress 2017 in Singapore on 13 – 14 June 2017. His presentation will cover the following areas: Managing misconduct and poor performance in the workplace Termination of employment : common pitfalls and...
by Donovan & Ho | Apr 3, 2017 | Corporate and Commercial, Dispute Resolution
In most business contracts, the dispute resolution clause is usually buried at the end of the contract and hidden among many other boilerplate clauses. Some simple contracts do not even contain a dispute resolution clause. From our experience, many parties are not...
by Donovan & Ho | Mar 30, 2017 | Dispute Resolution
The Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2016 was passed in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday (29 March 2017). The law will be effective once it is passed by the Dewan Negara, receives Royal Assent, and is gazetted. The new law is an overhaul of the existing Bankruptcy Act 1967....
