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 | Jun 23, 2017 | Corporate and Commercial, Employment Law
HRM Asia Magazine spoke to Donovan Cheah about the controversial closure of True Fitness in Malaysia, and how it impacts employees. Many employees allege that they have not been paid their salary for several months, and were not given notice of the closure. Donovan...
by Donovan & Ho | Dec 13, 2016 | Employment Law
Latest reports show that 31,476 Malaysian employees were retrenched (or laid off) between January and September this year. Retrenchments are often (but not necessarily) the result of economic downturns and are commonly understood as being part of a company’s business...
by Donovan & Ho | Nov 2, 2016 | Employment Law
Most employees do not expect to get fired. While Malaysian law does prevent employees from being fired without a good reason, this does not mean that employees are infallible. We’ve set out below the 3 main things that can be legitimately used to terminate an...
