by Donovan & Ho | Aug 25, 2017 | Employment Law
When faced with the prospect of termination by an employer, some employees opt to tender their resignation in order to “save face”. The concept of “saving face” is prevalent among most Asian cultures; it is used to refer to acts done to avoid humiliation or...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 20, 2017 | Dispute Resolution, Employment Law
The advent of technology has seen a plethora of recordings, ranging from your run of the mill song recordings to more insidious uses of the ability to covertly record conversations. When employer-employee disputes arise, it is always tempting to record any...
by Donovan & Ho | Jun 21, 2017 | Donovan and Ho updates, Employment Law
Our partner Donovan Cheah was invited to speak on Malaysian employment law at the Asia Employment Law Congress 2017 in Singapore on 13 – 14 June 2017. The event was attended by more than 60 human resources professionals and legal counsel from all over Asia. There were...
by Donovan & Ho | Apr 27, 2017 | Employment Law
Brickfields Asia College (“BAC”) recently made headlines for the wrong reasons after one of its students posted a “rape joke” in a private Whatsapp group. The matter went viral after a screenshot of the conversation made its way to the target of the rape joke, and she...
by Donovan & Ho | Apr 21, 2017 | Employment Law
Note: This article was written by Donovan Cheah, and was first published in the March/April 2017 edition of MGCC Perspectives, a publication of the Malaysian German Chamber of Commerce and Industry. You can also download a copy of the article here. “The...
