by DNH (BD) | Apr 29, 2022 | Employment Law
CASE SPOTLIGHT: International Organizations Immune from Unfair Dismissal Claims Despite Dicey’s rule that “no man is above the law”, Section 4 of the International Organizations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1992 (“Act”) provides that the Government of Malaysia may...
by DNH (BD) | Apr 28, 2022 | Employment Law
MINIMUM WAGES ORDER 2022 GAZETTED The Minimum Wages Order 2022 was gazetted on 27 April 2022. These are the key provisions: The monthly minimum wage is RM1,500 effective 1 May 2022. Employers with less than 5 employees are exempted until 1 January 2023. Until then,...
by DNH (BD) | Apr 18, 2022 | Employment Law
Endemic Stage: Employers’ Duties NB: This article is based on information available as of the date of publication stated above. As the government’s response to the outbreak is continuously developing, this article may not necessarily include updates or developments...
by DNH (BD) | Apr 15, 2022 | Employment Law
What is Collective Bargaining? The employment relationship between employers and employees who are members of a trade union is generally governed by collective agreements. Collective agreements result from a process known as “collective bargaining”. Collective...
by DNH (BD) | Apr 1, 2022 | Employment Law
When an employee signs a mutual separation agreement (“MSA”), the understanding is that the employee has agreed to resign or “mutually separate” from the company, in exchange for the benefits under the MSA. Such benefits typically include ex-gratia payments or...
by DNH (BD) | Mar 30, 2022 | Employment Law
A toxic employee exhibits undesirable behaviour and contributes to an unhealthy working environment. For example, an employee that spreads negativity, or gossip mongers maliciously. However, as such toxic behaviour is hard to define and often subjective, this leads...
