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NAGARAJAH BATHUMALAI v. PERBADANAN URUS AIR SELANGOR BERHAD DISMISSAL: Misconduct - Claimant receiving monies from a third party - Whether proven by the company - Evidence adduced - Effect of - Claimant and third party both denying - Whether the company had to prove that the third party had made the payments to the claimant - What had to be established by the company - Whether the company had successfully discharged its burden of proof - Effect of - Whether the company had reasonable grounds for believing that the claimant had committed the misconduct - Whether dismissal without just cause or excuse - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30(5) DISMISSAL: Misconduct - Claimant using company vehicle wrongfully - Claimant admitting to it - Effect of - Whether the company had justifiable grounds for dismissing him - Whether dismissal without just cause and excuse EVIDENCE: Burden of proof - Who had borne - Whether reasonable grounds for believing in the guilt of the workman had sufficed - Evaluation of case laws - Effect of |
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DOCUMENTATION AND THE TERMINATION PROCESS Environmentalists advise us to cut back on the use of paper. This is generally good advice but, unfortunately, human resource (HR) practitioners find it difficult to implement. The fact is that documentation is a key to good HR practice and many of the documents used in HR have to be printed, sometimes in multiple copies. In this article I will examine the documentation essential to the process of termination of the service of employees on the grounds of misconduct and redundancy. |
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