by Donovan & Ho (BD) | Feb 16, 2021 | Employment Law
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, an employer’s duty to maintain a safe and healthy workplace for its employees becomes increasingly important. It is also timely that the Occupational Safety and Health (Amendment) Bill 2020 (“Bill”) was tabled for first reading in...
by Donovan & Ho (BD) | Feb 3, 2021 | Employment Law
In this day and age, employees spend most of their time in front of their computers or electronic devices to carry out their work. We assume that most responsible employees would utilize their time chasing the never-ending deadlines of work life. However, there are...
by Donovan & Ho (BD) | Jan 26, 2021 | Employment Law
One of the Malaysian government’s initiative to help businesses cope with headcount costs due to the Covid-19 pandemic since April 2020 was the Wage Subsidy Program (“WSP” or “PSU” which stands for Program Subsidi Upah); there was the original PSU and then a PSU 2.0....
by Donovan & Ho (BD) | Jan 18, 2021 | Employment Law
On 2 December 2020, the Employees Provident Fund (“EPF”) announced the criteria and eligibility for a new scheme, i-Sinar. i-Sinar is an initiative that allows employees to prematurely withdraw their EPF savings in order to aid in cash flow during the difficult...
by Donovan & Ho (BD) | Jan 11, 2021 | Employment Law
The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2020 (“Amendment Act”) was gazetted on 20th February 2020, and came into partial effect on 1 January 2021. Some provisions relating to essential services and sole bargaining rights of trade unions are not in force yet. These...
by Donovan & Ho (BD) | Dec 14, 2020 | Employment Law
In Wong Mei Yoke v Tien Wah Press Malaya Sdn Bhd [2018] 1 ILR 20] (which was upheld by the High Court on judicial review), the Industrial Court dealt with the issue of an employee who was placed on a fixed term contract after being retired. The Industrial Court held...
