by Donovan & Ho | Feb 3, 2016 | Dispute Resolution, Employment Law
Our firm recently acted for an employee (“Employee”) who had filed an unfair dismissal claim against his former employer (“Employer”). While conciliation proceedings were ongoing before the Director General of Industrial Relations, the Employer made an offer for...
by Donovan & Ho | Jan 6, 2016 | Employment Law
As part of our continuing campaign to share our knowledge on legal matters, we have prepared another video in our 2 minute video series to cover basic information about unfair dismissal in Malaysia. More videos like these will be available later.
by Donovan & Ho | Jan 4, 2016 | Employment Law
Under Malaysian law, where an employee is subject to the Employment Act 1955 (“Act”), it is a statutory obligation imposed on the employer to conduct a “due inquiry” to ascertain whether an employee is guilty of misconduct before an employee can be dismissed or before...
by Donovan & Ho | Dec 22, 2015 | Employment Law
One evening in early July 2005, Penny Chen spotted her colleague, together with a male friend, taking possession of several boxes from the beauty treatment centre where they worked. This colleague was Irene Chin, the centre manager of the Petaling Jaya branch. At...
by Donovan & Ho | Dec 21, 2015 | Employment Law
We have prepared this simple 2 minute video to provide basic information on employee rights under the Malaysian Employment Act 1955. We will be producing more videos like these in the near future. Stay tuned!
by Donovan & Ho | Dec 14, 2015 | Employment Law
In 2011, three employees were dismissed from Telekom Malaysia on the grounds that they had, in violation of the company’s IT policy, used their work e-mail accounts to forward potentially offensive and racially sensitive e-mails to other employees. Aggrieved by their...
