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 | 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...
by Donovan & Ho | Oct 5, 2015 | Employment Law
“The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.” Most managers and employers find managing and dealing with employees to be one of the most difficult and stressful parts of their jobs. The stress is compounded by the fact that the failure to do this the right...
by Donovan & Ho | Aug 10, 2015 | Employment Law
Some employers in Malaysia hold the belief that putting employees on a “fixed term contract” is advantageous. They believe that it would make it easier to terminate problematic employees since they can opt not to renew the contract when the contract ends....