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IN THIS ISSUE BULLETIN 01/2019
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LEONG KAM SOON v. STAMFORD COLLEGE BERHAD /
STAMFORD COLLEGE (PJ) SDN BHD

INDUSTRIAL COURT, KUALA LUMPUR
ANDERSEN ONG WAI LEONG
AWARD NO. 2126 OF 2018 [CASE NO: 19/4-1175/15]
5 SEPTEMBER 2018

CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT: Terms and conditions – Notice of termination – No termination letter issued to the claimant – Claimant commencing employment with SCB and informed services no longer required by SCPJ – Determination of who his employer(s) had been – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Evaluation of – Effect of – Whether the claimant had been on secondment to SCPJ – Evaluation of the facts and evidence

INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure – Pleadings – SCPJ relying on two grounds of misconduct against the claimant in its Statement of Reply as a justification for his dismissal – Whether it had been an afterthought – Whether the Industrial Court can go into reasons not relied upon by the company to dismiss a claimant

INDUSTRIAL COURT: Remedies – Compensation in lieu of reinstatement – Claimant past the age of retirement at the time this award handed down – Whether he had been entitled to compensation under this head – Factors to consider – Effect of

SHAHRULAZMAN MING & YANG LAIN lwn. HICOM AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURES (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD & SATU LAGI KES
MAHKAMAH PERUSAHAAN KUALA LUMPUR
MOHD DUSUKI MOKHTAR
AWARD NO. 2364 TAHUN 2018 [NO. KES: 11/4-351/14]
27 SEPTEMBER 2018

MAHKAMAH PERUSAHAAN: Remedi – Hukuman – Sama ada penamatan perkhidmatan PYM sepadan dengan kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh mereka – Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira – Kesannya

PEMBUANGAN KERJA: Ketidakhadiran – Sama ada Yang Menuntut 18 telah gagal hadir kerja tanpa kelulusan cuti atau tanpa kebenaran daripada ketuanya – Keterangan yang dikemukakan – Kesannya – Sama ada pertuduhan ini berjaya dibuktikan oleh syarikat terhadapnya

PEMBUANGAN KERJA: Ketidakpatuhan terhadap peraturan dan polisi syarikat – Cuti sakit – Sama ada Yang Menuntut 18 telah mematuhi prosedur yang termaktub dalam Memo Cuti Kecemasan – Keterangan yang dikemukakan – Penilaiannya – Kesannya – Sama ada pertuduhan ini berjaya dibuktikan oleh syarikat terhadapnya – Sama ada pembuangan kerja Yang Menuntut 18 telah dilakukan secara adil dan bersebab

PEMBUANGAN KERJA: Ketidakpatuhan terhadap peraturan dan polisi syarikat – Sama ada PYM telah menghadiri majlis yang berunsur politik dan mencemarkan imej syarikat – Sama ada PYM telah melanggar kl. 35 dan 48 Dasar Dan Tatacara Tatatertib syarikat pertama dan kedua – Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira – Keterangan yang dikemukakan – Penilaiannya – Kesannya – Sama ada pertuduhan ini berjaya dibuktikan oleh syarikat terhadap mereka – Sama ada pembuangan kerja PYM telah dilakukan secara adil dan bersebab

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ARTICLE HIGHLIGHT

CHRISTMAS PARTY CHOKING INCIDENT LEADS TO UNFAIR DISMISSAL RULING
UK
Bar manager strangled by colleague until she passed out wins unfair dismissal case
The manager of a club in Cardiff won an employment tribunal ruling for unfair dismissal after senior staff failed to properly investigate her collapse at a Christmas party in December last year. The reason 24-year-old Molly Phillips passed out at the Cameo Club in Roath, was that her colleague, 33-year-old Nathan Webb, put her in a headlock, as seen on CCTV footage shown to the tribunal at Cardiff Magistrates Court. The footage shows that as Phillips lost consciousness Webb released her, allowing her to fall heavily to the ground. She sought medical attention the next day when she noticed she had suffered a facial palsy. Doctors told her the palsy was “either caused by lack of oxygen or nerve damage”, the hearing heard. Phillips had no clear memory at this stage of the incident.

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INSURANCE BROKER TOLD TO REPAY BONUS AFTER ARGUMENT OVER LEAVING DATE
UK
Importance of drafting employment documents unambiguously
An insurance broker has been told he must repay a bonus advance of £500,000 after the Court of Appeal ruled his employment ended the day before his contract stipulated, not the day after. James Craven, who was hired by insurance firm JLT Speciality, was paid the bonus on the condition that he did not leave the role on or before 31 December 2016. He subsequently handed in his notice on a date that would have ended his contract before 31 December 2016. After JLT wrote to accept his resignation and said his employment would end on 1 January 2017, it then wrote a follow-up letter confirming that his last day would be 31 December 2016 and asking for Craven to pay back his bonus.

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