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IN THIS ISSUE BULLETIN 11/2018
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AFIFI HAJI HASSAN v. NORMAN DISNEY & YOUNG SDN BHD
INDUSTRIAL COURT, KUALA LUMPUR
RAJENDRAN NAYAGAM
AWARD NO. 1452 OF 2018 [CASE NO: 23(13)/4-204/12]
28 JUNE 2018

DISMISSAL: Misconduct – Whether the claimant’s action of filing a windingup petition against the company had constituted serious misconduct which had justified his dismissal – Factors to consider – Impact of the winding-up petition on the company – Whether the company had been justified in dismissing him – Claimant’s duty of fidelity towards the company – Whether by his actions, he had been in breach of it – Factors to consider – Effect of – Whether dismissal without just cause and excuse

INDUSTRIAL COURT: Jurisdiction – Threshold jurisdiction – Whether possessed by the Industrial Court – Factors to consider – Effect of – Whether the claimant by filing the winding-up petition against the company had ceased to be a workman under s. 2 of the Industrial Relations Act 1967 – Effect of – Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 2

INDUSTRIAL COURT: Remedies – Compensation – Whether monetary compensation could be awarded to the claimant when reinstatement had not been available to him – Evaluation of the case law – Effect of

INDUSTRIAL COURT: Remedies – Reinstatement – Whether the primary remedy of reinstatement had been available to the claimant when the company had been in liquidation – Effect of


AZLINDA ADELI lwn. BARKATH STORES/BARKATH MANAGEMENT SERVICES
MAHKAMAH PERUSAHAAN, PULAU PINANG
MARIANI GHANI
AWARD NO. 1988 TAHUN 2018 [NO. KES: 18/4-1565/16]
20 OGOS 2018

KETERANGAN: Keterangan dokumentari – Sama ada YM merupakan seorang pekerja syarikat responden – Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira – Keterangan yang dikemukakan – Kesannya – Sama ada terdapat hubungan majikan-pekerja antara syarikat responden dengan YM – Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira – Kesannya – Sama ada YM telah dibuang kerja oleh syarikat responden – Sama ada pembuangan kerjanya telah dilakukan secara adil dan bersebab – Akta Perhubungan Perusahaan 1967, s. 2

KONTRAK PEKERJAAN: Kewujudan – Tiada kontrak perkhidmatan antara YM dengan syarikat responden – Sama ada wujud hubungan majikan-pekerja antara syarikat responden dengan YM – Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira – Kesannya – Sama ada kontrak pekerjaan boleh wujud secara tersirat – Akta Perhubungan Perusahaan 1967, s. 2

MAHKAMAH PERUSAHAAN: Remedi – Pampasan – Exemplary damages – Sama ada sesuai diawardkan – Keterangan yang dikemukakan – Kelakuan dan tindakan syarikat responden terhadap YM – Sama ada perbuatan syarikat responden terhadap YM perlu dijadikan contoh kepada syarikat lain supaya lebih bertanggungjawab dalam tindakannya kepada pekerjanya

PEMBUANGAN KERJA: Pembuangan kerja secara konstruktif – Perpindahan – Tawaran untuk – Sama ada tawaran perpindahan jawatan YM kepada jawatan baru merupakan satu penurunan jawatan – Keterangan yang dikemukakan – Kesannya – Sama ada berjaya dibuktikan oleh YM terhadap syarikat responden – Sama ada beliau telah diberhentikan kerja secara konstruktif

LATEST CASES (ILR Issue 10 of 2018)
Award Parties Citation Links
1383/2018 Feroz Mohd Yunus & Ors v. Metroplex Berhad & Ors
[Case No: 24(22)(5)/4-56/11]
[2018] 4 ILR 1 cljlaw
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1428/2018 Azman Mustaffa v. Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad
[Case No: 6(12)(9)/4-1355/13]
[2018] 4 ILR 5 cljlaw
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1452/2018 Afifi Haji Hassan v. Norman Disney & Young Sdn Bhd
[Case No: 23(13)/4-204/12]
[2018] 4 ILR 16 cljlaw
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1459/2018 Henry Eliathamby v. Tootpay Sdn Bhd
[Case No: 26(3)/4-647/16]
[2018] 4 ILR 22 cljlaw
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1572/2018 Lim Wei Sern v. Galaxy TTT Group Sdn Bhd
[Case No: (24)6/4-157/17]
[2018] 4 ILR 32 cljlaw
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1687/2018 National Union Of Transport Equipment And Allied Industries Workers v. Union Sangyo (M) Sdn Bhd
[Case No: 1/1-1694/17]
[2018] 4 ILR 43 cljlaw
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1691/2018 Paulus Horsono Pangestu lwn. Upayapadu Management Sdn Bhd
[No. Kes: 14/4-781/12]
[2018] 4 ILR 55 cljlaw
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1696/2018 George Soh Thian Boon v. Hoepharma Holdings Sdn Bhd
[Case No: 27(2)/4-616/16]
[2018] 4 ILR 80 cljlaw
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1768/2018 Shanmugam Maramuthu v. A. Hartrodt Ocean Services (M) Sdn Bhd
[Case No: 6(18)/4-466/11]
[2018] 4 ILR 106 cljlaw
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1850/2018 Catherine Law Cheng Gaik v. Saiwai Land Sdn Bhd
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[2018] 4 ILR 123 cljlaw
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ARTICLE HIGHLIGHT

PRUDENTIAL SINGAPORE REMOVES RETIREMENT AGE, BENEFITTING 1,100 STAFF
SINGAPORE
Prudential Singapore scraps retirement age of 62
As life expectancy in Singapore continues to rise, Prudential Singapore (Prudential) has scrapped the statutory retirement age of 62. This gives its 1,100 employees the option to have extended careers to fulfil their personal and financial aspirations. According to a media release, the new retirement policy came into effect on 1 October 2018 and was introduced on the back of its Ready for 100 report which reveals data about work/ retirement attitudes.

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DIRECTORS MUST PAY £2M IN LANDMARK WHISTLEBLOWING CASE
UK
Director, chairman held liable for unfair sacking of whistleblower for first time
Appeal judges have upheld a record-breaking £2m award to the former chief executive of International Petroleum (IPL), Alexander Osipov, who was sacked in October 2014 on the grounds of lack of trust and confidence. Osipov brought proceedings in the UK employment tribunal (IPL is based in Australia, but listed on the London Stock Exchange) for unfair dismissal and four counts of victimisation including for whistleblowing. The four co-defendants included two non-executive directors of the company: Frank Timis, the majority shareholder, and Anthony Sage, IPL’s chairman.

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