SUBJECT INDEX

CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT

Validity of - Non-citizen - Work permit - Whether claimant having valid work permit - Whether claimant entitled to seek redress from Industrial Court - Employment (Restriction) Act 1968, ss. 5 & 11 - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 2 & 20(3)
Marcel Conrad De Booij v. LogicaCMG Sdn Bhd
(Gulam Muhiaddeen Abdul Aziz) [2012] 2 ILR 153  

DISMISSAL

Breach of company rules/policies - Accepting money from another company to sponsor jerseys and shoes for company's soccer team - Whether serious misconduct - Whether company failed to take into account claimant's mitigation and 20 years of unblemished record of service before imposing maximum penalty of dismissal - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3)
Hydro Aluminiam Malaysia Sdn Bhd v. Zainal Abidin Pari
(Gulam Muhiaddeen Abdul Aziz) [2012] 2 ILR 110  

Breach of company rules/policies - Bribery - Supplier's Chinese New Year gift of RM150 to claimant - Whether an offer - Whether claimant dismissed with just cause or excuse - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3)
Toh Kam Wah v. Berjaya Golf Resort Bhd
(Rajendran Nayagam) [2012] 2 ILR 27  

Breach of company rules/policies - Negligence/Carelessness - Claimant's responsibilities in verifying goods supplied by supplier - Whether claimant to be blamed for faked goods - Whether claimant was negligent in co-signing supplier's invoices - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3)
Toh Kam Wah v. Berjaya Golf Resort Bhd
(Rajendran Nayagam) [2012] 2 ILR 27  

Constructive dismissal - Claimant alleging company told him not to report to work after medical leave - Claimant's salary also deducted - Whether company by conduct had terminated claimant's services - Whether claimant pursuing disablement benefits from SOCSO - Whether claimant wanting out of contract of employment - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3)
Yahya Ismail v. Far East Medical Sdn Bhd
(Ong Geok Lan) [2012] 2 ILR 92  

Constructive dismissal - Transfer - Claimant transferred from subsidiary in China to headquarters in Malaysia - Whether reduction in ranking - Whether company acted in bad faith - Whether mere perceived unreasonableness of company - Whether went to root of contract of employment - Whether claimant proved constructive dismissal
Leong Kok Kong v. WRP Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd
(Aslina Joned) [2012] 2 ILR 39  

Insubordination - Claimant's educational trip to London with students without company's consent - Whether company had condoned claimant's act - Whether company took appropriate action against claimant within reasonable time - Whether trip an excuse to dismiss claimant - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3)
Loh Tai Sun v. LimKokWing Lifestyle Design Academy
(Anna Ng Fui Choo) [2012] 2 ILR 125  

Misconduct - Breach of company rules/policies - Whether dismissal with just cause and excuse - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30
Thong Wan See v. HP Facilities (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
(Eddie Yeo Soon Chye) [2012] 2 ILR 205  

Misconduct - Claimant's personal problems affected safety and security of company - Whether cogent evidence adduced to support allegation of misconduct - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30(5)
Ramli Ibrahim v. Autostadt Asia Sdn Bhd
(Eddie Yeo Soon Chye) [2012] 2 ILR 138  

Misconduct - Claimant in possession of 38,000 sticks of cigarettes in two bags checked in at Manchester Airport - Claimant denying knowledge of contents of bags - Whether claimant's case probable - Whether company succeeded in proving claimant guilty of misconduct - Whether dismissal with just cause and excuse - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30
Arumainathan Santhaasamy v. Malaysian Airline System Berhad
(Aslina Joned) [2012] 2 ILR 174  

Notice of termination - Forced resignation - Whether claimant forced to resign - Failure to call witness to testify - Whether claimant dismissed with just cause or excuse - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3)
Ahmad Sabri Abu Hassan v. The Summit Hotel
(Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh) [2012] 2 ILR 1  

Performance - Poor performance - Claimant dismissed for poor performance - Whether claimant having valid work permit - Whether claimant entitled to seek redress from Industrial Court - Employment (Restriction) Act 1968, ss. 5 & 11 - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 2 & 20(3)
Marcel Conrad De Booij v. LogicaCMG Sdn Bhd
(Gulam Muhiaddeen Abdul Aziz) [2012] 2 ILR 153  

Termination simpliciter - Liability for dismissal - Claimant employed and terminated by first company but was responsible for managing taxi fleet under second company - Second company and another third company having shares in first company - Whether second and third companies liable for claimant's termination
Jaafar Shidek Abdullah v. Dalamasa Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Hapipah Monel) [2012] 2 ILR 101  

Termination simpliciter - No grounds provided for termination - Whether company had right to terminate claimant's employment - Whether claimant dismissed without just cause and excuse - Dr A Dutt v. Assunta Hospital - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3) & 30(5)
Jaafar Shidek Abdullah v. Dalamasa Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Hapipah Monel) [2012] 2 ILR 101  

Unilateral dismissal - Claimant chased out of company's premises - Claimant subsequently writing letter enquiring about his job status - Company failing to respond - Whether claimant unilaterally dismissed - Whether dismissal with just cause and excuse - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3)
Rohaizad Idris v. Constant Printing Sdn Bhd
(Aslina Joned) [2012] 2 ILR 73  

EVIDENCE

Adverse inference - Non-production of witness - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114 illus. (g)
Arumainathan Santhaasamy v. Malaysian Airline System Berhad
(Aslina Joned) [2012] 2 ILR 174  

INDUSTRIAL COURT

Procedure - Res judicata - Whether claimant a workman decided by High Court - Whether company estopped from raising issue in Industrial Court - Whether person a workman a mixed question of law and fact and for Industrial Court to determine - Whether judgment of High Court did not result in final judgment - Whether doctrine of res judicata inapplicable
Marcel Conrad De Booij v. LogicaCMG Sdn Bhd
(Gulam Muhiaddeen Abdul Aziz) [2012] 2 ILR 153  

TRADE DISPUTE

Picketing - Misconduct - Workmen participated in mock funeral rites during picketing - Punishment suspending annual increment for two years - Whether punishment harsh, unjust and disproportionate - Whether Industrial Court has power to review punishment and impose lesser punishment - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 26(2) & 40
Kesatuan Kebangsaan Pekerja-Pekerja Bank Semenanjung Malaysia & Another Case v. Malayan Banking Berhad
(Susila Sithamparam) [2012] 2 ILR 56  

INDEKS PERKARA

PEMBUANGAN KERJA

Ketidakpatuhan terhadap polisi syarikat - Penuntut meninggalkan premis responden tanpa kebenaran - Penuntut mendakwa telah mendapatkan kebenaran vokal dari penyelianya - Sama ada penuntut berjaya membuktikan - Penuntut gagal untuk balik bekerja semula pada hari yang sama - Sama ada pembuangan kerja penuntut adalah tanpa sebab atau alasan adil - Akta Mahkamah Perusahaan 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30(5)
Muhammad Khairul Abidi Mokhtar lwn. Fairchild Semiconductor (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
(Roslan Abu Bakar) [2012] 2 ILR 10  

Pembuangan kerja konstruktif - Responden mendakwa penuntut bukan pekerjanya - Keterangan saksi-saksi responden yang bercanggah - Sama ada penuntut pekerja responden - Akta Mahkamah Perusahaan 1967, s. 30(5)
NR Kawalan Network Systems Sdn Bhd lwn. Karoonagaran Govindasamy
(Roslan Abu Bakar) [2012] 2 ILR 18  

Pembuangan kerja konstruktif - Siasatan dalaman - Sama ada penuntut diberi peluang untuk membela diri - Sama ada pembuangan kerja penuntut tanpa sebab atau alasan adil - Akta Mahkamah Perusahaan 1967, ss. 20 (3) & 30(5)
NR Kawalan Network Systems Sdn Bhd lwn. Karoonagaran Govindasamy
(Roslan Abu Bakar) [2012] 2 ILR 18  

Pengarah syarikat - Sama ada penuntut sebagai pengarah syarikat seorang pekerja syarikat - Sama ada penuntut merupakan "mind and brain of the company" - Sama ada penuntut tertakluk kepada peruntukan "Memorandum and Article of Association" syarikat - Sama ada penuntut tertakluk kepada keputusan Lembaga Pengarah memberhentikannya - Chew Yoon Fook v. Keen Corporation Industries Sdn Bhd - Akta Perhubungan Perusahaan 1967, ss. 2 & 20(3)
Kuan Shin Lwn. Chin Foh Trading Sdn Bhd
(Hamdan Indah) [2012] 2 ILR 145