by Lorrine Xavier | 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 the employment contract, or where the employer displays an intention to no longer be bound by the employment contract. In short, the employee...
by Lorrine Xavier | 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 who have suffered permanent disability or a morbid condition during the course of their employment, which has severely impaired their...
by Donovan & Ho | Jan 4, 2019 | Employment Law
After a complaint for unfair dismissal is filed to the Industrial Relations Department, more often than not, parties would face two processes known as conciliation and mediation. Both these processes are exercised to provide an opportunity for parties in dispute to...
by Donovan & Ho | 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 Ministry has been proposing several amendments to a number of employment related laws, namely: the Employment Act 1950, Trade Union Act...
by Donovan & Ho | 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 Court had paved new grounds recently in Syed Naharuddin Bin Syed Hashim v Etiqa Takaful Berhad (Award No.: 3143/2018) by deciding a...
by Donovan & Ho | 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 are between 30% -70% of the normal hours of work per week of a full-time employee employed in a similar capacity in the same enterprise....
