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IN THIS ISSUE BULLETIN 01/2016

1. Latest Highlights
    - Case Highlights
    - ILR Issue 12 of 2015
    - ILR Issue 01 of 2016
2. Media Info

 

 
 
LATEST HIGHLIGHTS
  CASE HIGHLIGHTS
 

ABDULLAH ABDUL RAHMAN @ ABDUL HALIM v. CONTINENTAL TYRE AS MALAYSIA SDN BHD
INDUSTRIAL COURT, PENANG
SULAIMAN ISMAIL
AWARD NO. 1032 OF 2015 [CASE NO: 9/4-904/13]
24 AUGUST 2015

CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT: Frustration of contract - Claimant's medical condition making performance of his contract of employment impossible - Effect of - Claimant certified unfit to perform his job by the doctor - Conduct of the respondent company towards him - Whether reasonable - Effect of - Whether there had been a frustration of the claimant's contract of employment - Whether dismissal without just cause or excuse - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3)

CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT: Frustration of contract - Claimant unable to perform his job due to his medical condition - Medical Board not convened by the respondent company - Whether it had been fatal to the respondent company's case - Whether the respondent company had complied with whatever it had needed to do before medically boarding out the claimant - Factors to consider - Whether the respondent company's actions had been reasonable - Whether the respondent company had acted in the best interests of the claimant - Effect of - Whether dismissal without just cause and excuse - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3)

CHEOK SWEE AIK v. TALI MAJU SDN BHD
INDUSTRIAL COURT, SABAH
DUNCAN SIKODOL
AWARD NO. 1216 OF 2015 [CASE NO: 17/4-99/13]
20 OCTOBER 2015

CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT: Terms and conditions - Notice of termination - Whether the claimant had been terminated pursuant to contract - Factors to consider - Effect of - Relationship between the claimant and the company - Whether the Industrial Court as a court of good conscience and equity should ignore the sanctity of contracts and modify the contractual rights and obligations of the parties - Whether there had been a dismissal

DISMISSAL: Constructive dismissal - Change in hours of work - Claimant issued second letter of appointment with daily split shift - Whether there had been mala fide intent on the part of the company in issuing this second letter of appointment - Factors to consider - Whether it had been a business decision and within management's prerogative to issue it - Whether it had constituted an unfair labour practice - Whether the claimant had been constructively dismissed - Whether dismissal without just cause or excuse - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30(5)

DISMISSAL: Constructive dismissal - Change in hours of work - Claimant required to work on daily split shift pursuant to second letter of appointment - Claimant contending that he had not been aware of the change when he had signed the second letter of appointment - Whether could be accepted - Evidence adduced - Effect of - Position held by the claimant in the company - What he should have done - Claimant only protesting after two weeks - Effect of - Whether he had read and understood the terms of the letter - Whether he had been dismissed by the company - Whether dismissal without just cause and excuse

DISMISSAL: Insubordination - Claimant notifying the respondent company that he would strictly comply with the working hours as stipulated in his first employment letter and proceeding to do so - Whether his actions had been a clear defiance of the respondent company's instructions - Whether it had constituted insubordinate behaviour - Whether it had justified his dismissal

SITI ESRAWANI RAHMAT lwn. ELEKTRIK TAWANIE
MAHKAMAH PERUSAHAAN, JOHOR
ROSLAN MAT NOR
AWARD NO. 1240 TAHUN 2015 [NO. KES: 16/4-155/15]
29 OKTOBER 2015

KONTRAK PERKHIDMATAN: Terma dan syarat - Notis penamatan - YM menandatangani dua perjanjian pekerjaan dengan syarikat responden - Sama ada kedudukan YM telah ditukar daripada seorang pekerja tetap kepada seorang pekerja kontrak - Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira - Kesannya

PEMBUANGAN KERJA: Prestasi kerja - Prestasi kerja yang tidak memuaskan - Sama ada berjaya dibuktikan oleh syarikat responden - Keterangan yang dikemukakan - Kesannya - Sama ada prestasi kerja YM telah dinilai oleh syarikat responden - Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira - Apa yang syarikat responden seharusnya lakukan - Sama ada tindakan syarikat responden adalah berpatutan - Kesannya - Sama ada pembuangan kerja YM telah dilakukan secara adil dan bersebab - Akta Perhubungan Perusahaan 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30(5)

LOH POH IM v. MINETECH RESOURCES BERHAD
INDUSTRIAL COURT, KUALA LUMPUR
ONG GEOK LAN
AWARD NO. 1399 OF 2015 [CASE NO: 15/4-566/13]
15 DECEMBER 2015

DISMISSAL: Abandonment - Claimant walking out of her job - Whether she had abandoned it - Evidence adduced - Evaluation of - Whether she had been dismissed by the company - Whether dismissal without just cause and excuse

DISMISSAL: Constructive dismissal - Change in job functions - Claimant reinstated to position of COO pursuant to IR conciliation meeting - Whether the company had complied with all the terms of the Memorandum of Agreement - Factors to consider - Evidence adduced - Evaluation of - Company changing her portfolios - Whether it had been allowed to do so - Whether it had been in breach of the Memorandum - Perusal of the contents of the Memorandum - Effect of

DISMISSAL: Constructive dismissal - Change in job functions - Company changing her portfolios in line with its reorganisation and restructuring - Whether it had been within its management prerogative to do so - Factors to consider - Whether there had been any mala fide intent on the part of the company in doing so - Evidence adduced - Effect of - Treatment of the company towards the claimant - Effect of

DISMISSAL: Notice of termination - Forced resignation - Whether the claimant had been forced to resign - Factors to consider - Evidence adduced - Effect of - Company's actions towards her - Whether it had still wanted her to work for it

  LATEST CASES (ILR Issue 12 of 2015)
 
Award Parties Citation Links
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951/2015 Ahmad Kamaruzaman Azizan v. Continental Tyre AS Malaysia Sdn Bhd [Case No: 18/4-1356/13] [2015] 4 ILR 489 cljlaw
labourlaw
1032/2015 Abdullah Abdul Rahman @ Abdul Halim v. Continental Tyre AS Malaysia Sdn Bhd [Case No: 9/4-904/13] [2015] 4 ILR 512 cljlaw
labourlaw
1064/2015 Razali Ahmed v. Affin Bank Berhad [Case No: 15/4-9/13] [2015] 4 ILR 520 cljlaw
labourlaw
1150/2015 Abdul Rahim Mamat lwn. Hicom Automotive Manufacturers (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd [No. Kes: 12/4-76/14] [2015] 4 ILR 527 cljlaw
labourlaw
1162/2015 Subang Jaya Hotel Development Sdn Bhd (Dorsett Grand Subang) v. Kesatuan Kebangsaan Pekerja-Pekerja Hotel, Bar & Restoran Semenanjung Malaysia [Case No: 13/3-295/2014] [2015] 4 ILR 539 cljlaw
labourlaw
1180/2015 Azlina Mohd Sukaimi lwn. SIME-SIRIM Technologies Sdn Bhd [No. Kes: 10(18)/4-761/11] [2015] 4 ILR 563 cljlaw
labourlaw
1188/2015 Isa Sumadi v. Genting Malaysia Berhad [Case No: 22(24)/4-329/11] [2015] 4 ILR 589 cljlaw
labourlaw
1216/2015 Cheok Swee Aik v. Tali Maju Sdn Bhd [Case No: 17/4-99/13] [2015] 4 ILR 603 cljlaw
labourlaw
1225/2015 Kesatuan Kebangsaan Pekerja-Pekerja Hotel, Bar Dan Restoran Semenanjung Malaysia v. Langkawi Airport Hotel Sdn Bhd (Hotel Helang) [Case No: 13/2-1450/2013] [2015] 4 ILR 615 cljlaw
labourlaw
1241/2015 Siti Nurizah Ismail v. Malaysia Airlines [Case No: 22(24)/4-816/12] [2015] 4 ILR 628 cljlaw
labourlaw
1246/2015 Roselina Abdullah v. Konsortium Transnasional Berhad [Case No: 2/4-803/11] [2015] 4 ILR 642 cljlaw
labourlaw
1269/2015 Vithylingam Letchumanan v. Ice Room Food & Beverage Management Sdn Bhd [Case No: 13/4-640/2014] [2015] 4 ILR 655 cljlaw
labourlaw
1274/2015 Prinz Shobanraj Johnathan Augustine Dhanaraj v. Dell Global Business Center Sdn Bhd [Case No: 3/4-625/13] [2015] 4 ILR 666 cljlaw
labourlaw
  To Subject Index
   
  LATEST CASES (ILR Issue 1 of 2016)
 
Award Parties Citation Links
1036/2015 Abdul Rahim Mohd Mydin v. Amphenol TCS (M) Sdn Bhd [Case No: 18/4-689/11] [2016] 1 ILR 1 cljlaw
labourlaw
1240/2015 Siti Esrawani Rahmat lwn. Elektrik Tawanie [No. Kes: 16/4-155/15] [2016] 1 ILR 11 cljlaw
labourlaw
1296/2015 Mohd Jailani Wagiman v. UMW Fabritech Sdn Bhd [Case No: 12/4-417/11] [2016] 1 ILR 21 cljlaw
labourlaw
1297/2015 Mahidi Mahat lwn. Ipoh Cargo Terminal Sdn Bhd [No. Kes: 10/4-1094/13] [2016] 1 ILR 34 cljlaw
labourlaw
1301/2015 Zaimah Zaini v. Offshore Works Sdn Bhd [Case No: 3(28)/4-1484/12] [2016] 1 ILR 63 cljlaw
labourlaw
1323/2015 Ajit Singh Gurbachan Singh v. Hexagon Tower Sdn Bhd [Case No: 4(24)/4-879/11] [2016] 1 ILR 75 cljlaw
labourlaw
1329/2015 Selvaraju Kaliappan v. LTC International Logistics Sdn Bhd [Case No: 3/4-950/13] [2016] 1 ILR 107 cljlaw
labourlaw
1344/2015 Lim Seong Kin v. Squire Mech Sdn Bhd [Case No: 13/4-807/2014] [2016] 1 ILR 126 cljlaw
labourlaw
1352/2015 Liew Chooi Ling v. Thorus Technology Sdn Bhd [Case No: 7(13)(7)/4-665/10] [2016] 1 ILR 140 cljlaw
labourlaw
1378/2015 K Kavitha Krishnan v. Aetins Sdn Bhd [Case No: 3/4-257/14] [2016] 1 ILR 156 cljlaw
labourlaw
1389/2015 Zul Hilmi Zahudin lwn. Rapid KL [No. Kes: 7/4-783/12] [2016] 1 ILR 178 cljlaw
labourlaw
1399/2015 Loh Poh Im v. Minetech Resources Berhad [Case No: 15/4-566/13] [2016] 1 ILR 199 cljlaw
labourlaw
1411/2015 Lee Yu Meng v. Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad [Case No: 3/4-1436/13] [2016] 1 ILR 216 cljlaw
labourlaw
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MEDIA INFO
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