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IN THIS ISSUE BULLETIN 02/2021
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KESATUAN SEKERJA INDUSTRI ELEKTRONIK WILAYAH UTARA SEMENANJUNG MALAYSIA v. PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS MALAYSIA SDN BHD
INDUSTRIAL COURT, PENANG
DOMNIC SELVAM GNANAPRAGASAM
EMPLOYERS' PANEL: BADRULMUNIR BABOO
EMPLOYEES' PANEL: ANUAR OTHMAN
AWARD NO. 1711 OF 2020 [CASE NO: 18/2-255/20]
26 NOVEMBER 2020

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Across-the-board adjustments – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Whether the current economic and health situation, partly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, augurs well for an across-the-board salary adjustment

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Appointment and probationary period and notice of termination – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Whether it had been reasonable

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Bonus – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Whether it is management's prerogative

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Check-off – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Compassionate, congratulatory and paternity leave – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Whether it had been reasonable

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Maternity leave – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Medical benefits – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Overtime and annual leave – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Whether it had been a basic requirement

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Paid leave for union activities – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 6

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Parties to the agreement and effective date and duration – Determination of – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 30(7)

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Public holidays overtime – Whether it ought to be allowed - Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Employment Act 1955

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Recognition of the union – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Renegotiation of the agreement – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Retirement benefits – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Whether it is best left to the discretion of the employer

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Retrenchment and retrenchment benefits – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Termination and Lay-Off Benefits Regulations 1980

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Salary scale and annual increment – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Whether the prerogative to determine the job scope had been with the employer or the union

TRADE DISPUTE: Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Transport allowances – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Whether it is management's prerogative


PAAT YUK CHEONG v. SEALINK SDN BHD
INDUSTRIAL COURT, SARAWAK
ANI AK SOLEP
AWARD NO. 1715 OF 2020 [CASE NO: 8/4-932/18]
27 NOVEMBER 2020

CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT: Terms and conditions – Resignation – Claimant stating “I resign” – Reasons for the same – Whether it had constituted a verbal resignation – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Company's actions towards him – What it had shown – Whether he had been under duress and undue influence when he had stated he resigned verbally – Whether the company, by its actions had forced him to resign – Effect of – Whether the company had been in breach of its obligations towards him – Whether he had been dismissed by the company – Whether dismissal without just cause and excuse

DISMISSAL: Constructive dismissal – Whether the conditions for constructive dismissal had been fulfilled by the claimant – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Whether his claim ought to be allowed

INDUSTRIAL COURT: Remedies – Punishment – Whether the punishment of dismissal had been too harsh under the circumstances – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Whether he had been subjected to the procedures and processes as per the Company Employee Handbook – Effect of – Whether the company's actions had been a fundamental breach that had gone to the root of his contract of employment – Whether dismissal had been justified – What the company should have done instead

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ARTICLE HIGHLIGHT

FOR MANY, COVID-19 HAS CHANGED THE WORLD OF WORK FOR GOOD
More staff likely to be hired remotely, WFH
The upheaval in global labour markets triggered by the coronavirus pandemic will transform the working lives of millions of employees for good, policymakers and business leaders told a Reuters virtual forum on Tuesday. Nearly a year after governments first imposed lockdowns to contain the virus, there is a growing consensus that more staff will in future be hired remotely, work from home and have an entirely different set of expectations of their managers.

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ROYAL MAIL ORDERED TO PAY £230,000 TO HARASSED HINDU EX-WORKER
Former manager subjected to harassment and discrimination at work awarded £230k
A former manager with Royal Mail has been awarded nearly £230,000 after a tribunal concluded he had been subjected to harassment and discrimination at work. Mathan Shunmugaraja, who is a Hindu, was called a “sly dog” by one colleague and was embroiled in a dispute with another over the use of a room in which he was mistaken for a Muslim. The tribunal also heard that after Shunmugaraja took time off work because of anxiety, one of his bosses threatened to stop his sick pay.

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