by Donovan & Ho | Jul 30, 2018 | Employment Law
The latest in the legal drama involving Chatime and Tealive saw the Federal Court allowing Tealive to stay open pending their leave to appeal to the Federal Court (If you’re not caught up yet with the twists and turns in the Bubble Tea Wars, check out our earlier...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 26, 2018 | Employment Law
How do the courts determine whether someone is an “employee” or not? We’ve seen this question asked numerous times, not just in Malaysia but across the world. With the rise of the “gig economy”, individuals are no longer tied down to traditional fixed employment and...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 11, 2018 | Employment Law
Most people may know that Malaysian employment law is governed by the Employment Act 1955 (“Act”), but many don’t realise that the Act doesn’t apply to all employees. The Act only applies to employees included in the First Schedule, which includes: “1. Any person,...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 3, 2018 | Corporate and Commercial, Employment Law
An employee stock option is a stock option granted to employees of a company, offering them the right to buy a certain number of company shares at a predetermined price for a specific period of time. Stock options are typically awarded to compensate, retain and...
by Donovan & Ho | Jun 6, 2018 | Employment Law
The Minister of Human Resources, M. Kulasegaran, has announced that the Minister will no longer screen an unfair dismissal complaint before it is brought to the Industrial Court. Once the reforms are made, an employee should be able to lodge a claim directly with the...
by Donovan & Ho | May 24, 2018 | Employment Law
What happens when an employee “walks out” of their job when they are suspended pending investigations, because they feel they have been wrongly or unfairly accused of misconduct? When an employee does this, they will usually claim that they have been constructively...
