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...
by Donovan & Ho | Sep 1, 2016 | Employment Law
Many employees operate on the assumption that since their annual leave entitlement is spelled out in their contracts, they are free to go on leave, whenever they want and for any reason, without having to justify it to their employers. They also believe that their...
by Donovan & Ho | Jul 4, 2016 | Employment Law
Former Malaysia Airlines (MAS) CEO Christoph Mueller stirred controversy when he said that 6,000 MAS employees were retrenched because many had “nothing to do”. In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Mueller stated: “Many of the 20,000 employees who worked for the...
by Donovan & Ho | Jun 7, 2016 | Employment Law
Employers may have deal to with situations concerning employees who are incapacitated due to a medical illness or disability thus preventing them from carrying out their job functions. If the employee’s medical condition is severe enough with little prospects of...
by Donovan & Ho | May 17, 2016 | Employment Law
Did you know that …. Most unfair dismissal cases in Malaysia involve employees who were dismissed for misconduct? On average, there are 1,700 unfair dismissal cases referred to the Industrial Court each year? The Industrial Court has a charter with sets...
