by Donovan & Ho (BD) | Apr 8, 2019 | Employment Law
Do you find anything wrong with this scenario? “Employee X is working for a multinational corporation (“MNC”) as its purchasing officer. Her husband owns a company called Renovator ABC that specialises in office renovations. When the MNC announces its plans to open...
by Donovan & Ho (BD) | Apr 2, 2019 | Employment Law
Fixed term employment contracts are employment contracts for a specified period (eg: 1 year or 2 years). These contracts are commonly used when an employee is engaged for seasonal or temporal work, or for a specific project which is not anticipated to be long term. ...
by Donovan & Ho (BD) | Mar 22, 2019 | Employment Law
Sexual harassment at the workplace is not something new, but it has been making headlines in Malaysian news over the past few months due to several high profile cases. It is therefore fitting that the recent Industrial Court Award in the case of Shamshir Alam bin S M...
by Donovan & Ho (BD) | 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 Donovan & Ho (BD) | 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...
