LIN KAI LAM v. L & W CONCRETE WORKS SDN BHD & ANOTHER CASE
INDUSTRIAL COURT, KUALA LUMPUR
ANDERSEN ONG WAI LEONG
AWARD NO. 120 OF 2020 [CASE NO: 19/4-648/18]
13 JANUARY 2020

EVIDENCE: Documentary evidence – Whether the claimants had been workmen within the definition of the Industrial Relations Act – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Evaluation of – What the intention of the parties had been – Conduct and actions of the claimants – What it had shown – Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 2

INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure – Action – Whether the action brought by the claimants against the company had been an abuse of court process – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Whether it had been a shareholders dispute disguised as a trade dispute – Whether it had been a trade dispute within the definition of the Industrial Relations Act – Factors to consider – Effect of

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