by DNH (BD) | Nov 5, 2021 | Employment Law
The Industrial Court recently upheld an employer’s decision to retrench its employees in the middle of the pandemic, as the employer had suffered commercial setbacks. The cases of Lim Eng Hua v Coliseum Café & Hotel (KL) Sdn Bhd [Award No. 1541 of 2021] and...
by DNH (BD) | Oct 26, 2021 | Employment Law
On 25 October 2021, the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2021 (“Bill”) was tabled before Parliament for first reading. Proposed amendments to the Employment Act 1955 (“EA”) have been long overdue; the Bill tabled differs substantially from its first iteration uploaded on...
by DNH (BD) | Oct 21, 2021 | Employment Law
What are outsourced employees? An outsourced employee or “leased employee” is an individual who receives a pay check from one entity (usually a staffing or outsourcing company) but is performing services for another entity, a recipient company. The Industrial Court in...
by DNH (BD) | Sep 22, 2021 | Employment Law
LIFO is a selection process whereby the most junior employee (in terms of length of service) in a category of redundant workers is selected for retrenchment. While using LIFO is not mandatory, it is recognised as an objective means of selection; an employer that does...
by DNH (BD) | Sep 13, 2021 | Employment Law
Even though there are no signs of when the spread of COVID-19 can be contained, many businesses, whose employees are required to work remotely on the order of the government, still do not have a proper remote working or “work from home” (WFH) policy due to the belief...
by DNH (BD) | Sep 9, 2021 | Employment Law
The Malaysian government recently announced that only fully inoculated individuals may participate in activities involving social interaction (such as dining out). Following this, it is very possible that being fully vaccinated may become a precondition for employees...
