CLJ Law MALAYSIA
http://www.cljlaw.com
ILR
Bulletin, Vol 2005, Issue 3
5 May 2005
| Print this page |
CLJ Law MALAYSIA |
Introduction:
To get the most out of this law bulletin join CLJ Law Online now - http://www.cljlaw.com/registration.asp
Feel free to forward this to your colleagues. Get this bulletin as email by going to http://www.cljlaw.com/ilrsubscribefrm.asp
INDUSTRIAL LAW REPORTS ISSUE 12
AWARD NUMBER
AWARD NO. 1013 OF 2004 [CASE NO: MP.1: 20/4-352/02]
STORE
(PUCHONG JAYA) SDN BHD, THE v. ANANDAN LINGAM
ZAINI ABD RAHMAN
DISMISSAL: Constructive dismissal - Overtime claims - Non payment of
overtime claims to claimant - Overtime entitlement in employment contract - No evidence of
claimant’s repeated request to company to pay for overtime - Whether claimant had
condoned non-payment of overtime
DISMISSAL: Constructive dismissal - Transfer - Transfer to another branch
- Company’s right to transfer claimant by virtue of employment contract - No
consideration given to claimant’s problems with transfer
- Whether company had conducted itself inconsiderably - Whether transfer order indicative
of forcing claimant to resign
AWARD NO. 1065 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 10/4-712/03]
HEALTHRONICS
(M) SDN BHD v. BALBIR KAUR NANAK SINGH
CHOONG SIEW KHIM
DISMISSAL: Retrenchment - Redundancy - Company restructuring for cost
efficiency - Whether claimant’s job functions still remained intact - Whether such
functions taken over by other employee - Whether LIFO principle adhered to - Whether
company could become cost-effective as a result of retrenchment exercise - Whether there
was concrete evidence of poor performance necessitating reorganisation for cost efficiency
- Whether dismissal with just cause or excuse
AWARD NO. 1076 TAHUN 2004 [NO. KES: 16/4-793/02]
TENGGARA-KCC
CONCRETE (M) SDN BHD lwn. ANG KAH HIN
ABDUL AZIZ KHALIDIN
PEMBUANGAN KERJA: Penamatan kerja - Salah laku - Menggunakan
perkataan menghina dalam surat kepada pegawai atasan - Kesalahan menggunakan bahasa yang
tidak menghormati pegawai atasan - Sama ada pembuangan kerja yang tidak adil atau sah
PEMBUANGAN KERJA: Penamatan kerja - Prestasi kerja tidak memuaskan - Sama
ada terbukti - Yang menuntut seorang pegawai kanan - Sama ada perlu untuk diberi amaran
bertulis - Sama ada memadai jika beliau dimaklumkan mengenai prestasinya - Sama ada diberi
peluang untuk memperbaiki prestasi kerja
AWARD NO. 1156 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 19/4-1081/02]
IPI
SDN BHD v. HENTRY VIENSION MUNIANDY
AHMADI ASNAWI
DISMISSAL: Termination of services - Breach of company policies -
Possession and disclosure of highly confidential letter - Issuance of threats - Whether
proved - Whether claimant procured letter through unlawful means - Whether letter highly
confidential - Whether dismissal with just cause or excuse
AWARD NO. 1196 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 9/4-500/98]
KEJURUTERAAN
CMT (M) SDN BHD v. CHAN SONG SEONG
SYED AHMAD RADZI SYED OMAR
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Employee status - Claimant without appointment
letter - Allowance paid and not salary - No need to punch in or out - No necessity to
apply for leave - Whether claimant a director or mere employee - Whether claimant
constructively dismissed
AWARD NO. 1221 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 12/1-450/02]
JEBSEN
& JESSEN ENGINEERING (M) SDN BHD v. DAVID SANDANASAMY & ANOR
YEOH WEE SIAM, EMPLOYERS’ PANEL: MAHABEER SINGH, EMPLOYEES’ PANEL: DIANA OON
NON COMPLIANCE: Award - Non payment of compensation awarded - Matter
to be heard in Court of Appeal - No application for order of stay of execution - Whether
due compliance to order
AWARD NO. 1236 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 11/2-124/04]
SITT
TATT LOGISTIC SDN BHD v. KESATUAN KEBANGSAAN PEKERJA-PEKERJA PERDAGANGAN
ZURA YAHYA
TRADE DISPUTE: Collective agreement - Interim award - Terms and
conditions of service - Agreed articles
AWARD NO. 1237 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 17/4-905/99]
TELEKOM
MALAYSIA BHD v. RAMLI AKIM
P IRUTHAYARAJ D PAPPUSAMY
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Remedies - Reinstatement and monetary compensation
- Whether reinstatement ought to be awarded - Practice Note No. 1 of 1987 - Limitation of
backwages to 24 months - Whether a mandatory requirement - Assessment of quantum of
backwages - R Rama Chandran v. The Industrial Court Of Malaysia & Anor. - Post
dismissal employment - Dr. James Alfred v. Koperasi Serbaguna Sanya Bhd. & Anor.
AWARD NO. 1308 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 12/4-419/02]
AFFIN
BANK BHD v. ZAULKIFLI MOHAMED
YEOH WEE SIAM
DISMISSAL: Redundancy - Merging of banks - New management offered
claimant a position less favourable than his former - Whether a breach of acquisition of
business agreement entered into between the two banks - Whether within claimant’s
rights to reject offer - Whether claimant a party to the agreement - Whether claimant
could come to court to enforce the agreement - Whether dismissal without just cause and
excuse - Whether court ordered reinstatement
AWARD NO. 1355 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 17/4-507/01]
SABAH
MEDICAL CENTRE SDN BHD v. LIM SENG KEONG
P IRUTHAYARAJ D PAPPUSAMY
DISMISSAL: Breach of company policies - Misappropriation of company
funds and insubordination - Taking money from cashier - Disobedience to a lawful order -
Whether proved - Whether breached confidential relationship between employer and employee
- Whether justified dismissal
DISMISSAL: Misconduct - Temporary misappropriation - Meaning of -
Repaying cash taken from employer - Whether exculpated claimant from liability of
committing temporary misappropriation
AWARD NO. 1363 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 17/4-691/02]
XC
COMMAND SECURITY SERVICES SDN BHD v. RAINOD LOISON
P IRUTHAYARAJ D PAPPUSAMY
DISMISSAL: Performance - Poor performance - Frequent absences from
workplace - Failure to wear uniform during working hours - Failure to present daily report
book to school’s headmaster for verification - Allegations of - Whether proved -
Whether dismissal justified
AWARD NO. 1401 TAHUN 2004 [NO. KES: 16/4-559/03]
KIG
GLASS INDUSTRIAL BHD lwn. TAN LAY BOON
ABDUL AZIZ KHALIDIN
PEMBUANGAN KERJA: Pembuangan kerja secara konstruktif - Pertukaran
jawatan - Gaji dikurangkan dan elaun ditamatkan - Sama ada tindakan syarikat menunjukkan
ia tidak lagi berhasrat terikat kepada kontrak pekerjaan - Sama ada yang menuntut berjaya
membuktikan bahawa beliau telah dipecat secara konstruktif
AWARD NO. 1402 TAHUN 2004 [NO. KES: 16/4-587/01]
HOTEL
GRAND CONTINENTAL JOHOR BAHRU lwn. NG BOON HUP
ABDUL AZIZ KHALIDIN
PEMBUANGAN KERJA: Salahlaku - Mencuri barangan hotel - Sama ada
dibukti - Sama ada pembuangan kerja adalah hukuman yang terlalu berat
AWARD NO. 1495 OF 2004 [CASE NO: MP1: 20/4-711/04]
CORNELDER
METAL MALAYSIA (CMM) v. LIEW TECK YONG
ZAINI ABD RAHMAN
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure - Trial - Statement of case - Facts
represented unclear and ambiguous - Industrial Court Rules 1967, r. 9 - Whether claimant
failed to file a proper statement of case - Claim for monetary compensation - Whether
within the jurisdiction of Industrial Court
AWARD NO. 1546 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 11/4-846/02]
COLGATE
PALMOLIVE MARKETING SDN BHD v. KWAN KIM WAH
ZURA YAHYA
DISMISSAL: Dishonesty - Using company’s petrol charge card
facility for personal use - Whether a violation of company policy - Whether dismissal
justified
AWARD NO. 1554 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 12/4-640/03]
SEDAYA
COLLEGE v. LISA HO KING LI
YEOH WEE SIAM
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Remedies - Reinstatement - Whether to be ordered
AWARD NO. 1627 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 4/7-1344/04]
WORKERS
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION HOLDINGS SDN BHD v. SUDHA TA RAMADAS
AMELIA TEE HONG GEOK ABDULLAH, EMPLOYER’S PANEL: AMRAN ZAKARIA, EMPLOYEE’S
PANEL: ADRIAN JUDE STA MARIA
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure - Variation of award - Application for -
Application to amend name of company - Variation significant for the purpose of removing
ambiguity and uncertainty in award - Application allowed
AWARD NO. 1663 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 6/4-1019/01]
JUPITER
SECURITIES SDN BHD v. MOHAMMED MUSTAPHA MOHD ARIFIN
SITI SALEHA ABU BAKAR
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Disjoinder - Application for - Application to be
disjoined from proceedings - Whether allowed
AWARD NO. 1667 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 14/4-743/04]
ENTREPRENEURS
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE v. SUGUNADEVI ARJUNAN
SOO AI LIN
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure - Reinstatement of case - Application for
- Case previously struck off due to claimant’s absence in court - Immediate steps
taken to revive case taken by claimant within time period - Application allowed
AWARD NO. 1690 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 6/4-706/00]
ASIAN
CERAMIC SDN BHD v. DHARMARAJA ABD WAHAB
SITI SALEHA ABU BAKAR
DISMISSAL: Abandonment - Abandonment of employment - Allegation of -
Whether substantiated - Instigating fellow employees to leave factory premises - Whether
proved - Sabotage - Whether claimant had intentionally committed an act of sabotage -
Whether claimant persona non grata - Whether claimant had repudiated the employment
contract - Whether dismissal without just cause and excuse
AWARD NO. 1694 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 11/4-35/01]
MULTI-PURPOSE
BANK BHD v. LEE KEE LIAM
ZURA YAHYA
DISMISSAL: Constructive dismissal - Transfer - Claimant found guilty
of negligence prior to transfer - Whether transfer made in bad faith - Whether there was a
breach of the fundamental implied term of mutual trust and confidence between the parties
AWARD NO. 1708 OF 2004 [CASE NO: MP1: 7/5-1075/03]
MALAYAN
BANKING BHD v. WARSA MOHAMED BAKAR
SYED AHMAD RADZI SYED OMAR
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure - Reference to High Court - Application
for - Whether there were questions of law to be referred - Whether conditions set out in
s.33A of the Industrial Relations Act 1967 satisfied
AWARD NO. 1783 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 21/4-533/02]
TAN
SIM POH v. RICOH (M) SDN BHD
SUSILA SITHAMPARAM
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Remedies - Monetary compensation - Compensation in
lieu of reinstatement - Whether should be awarded for the period from date of dismissal to
date of hearing - Backwages - Whether should be limited to 24 months
AWARD NO. 1823 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 12/4-1027/00]
MAXIS
COMMUNICATIONS BHD v. HARVINDERJIT SINGH
YEOH WEE SIAM
DISMISSAL: Retrenchment - Redundancy - Financial hardship - Reduction
of staff - Selection for retrenchment - Whether selection criteria reasonable and fair -
Whether claimant’s position in excess of requirement and therefore redundant -
Whether dismissal with just cause and excuse
SUBJECT INDEX
DISMISSAL: Abandonment - Abandonment of employment - Allegation of
- Whether substantiated - Instigating fellow employees to leave factory premises - Whether
proved - Sabotage - Whether claimant had intentionally committed an act of sabotage -
Whether claimant persona non grata - Whether claimant had repudiated the employment
contract - Whether dismissal without just cause and excuse
AWARD NO. 1690 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 6/4-706/00]
ASIAN
CERAMIC SDN BHD v. DHARMARAJA ABD WAHAB
SITI SALEHA ABU BAKAR
DISMISSAL: Breach of company policies - Misappropriation of
company funds and insubordination - Taking money from cashier - Disobedience to a lawful
order - Whether proved - Whether breached confidential relationship between employer and
employee - Whether justified dismissal
AWARD NO. 1355 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 17/4-507/01]
SABAH
MEDICAL CENTRE SDN BHD v. LIM SENG KEONG
P IRUTHAYARAJ D PAPPUSAMY
DISMISSAL: Constructive dismissal - Overtime claims - Non payment
of overtime claims to claimant - Overtime entitlement in employment contract - No evidence
of claimant’s repeated request to company to pay for overtime - Whether claimant had
condoned non-payment of overtime
AWARD NO. 1013 OF 2004 [CASE NO: MP.1: 20/4-352/02]
STORE
(PUCHONG JAYA) SDN BHD, THE v. ANANDAN LINGAM
ZAINI ABD RAHMAN
DISMISSAL: Constructive dismissal - Transfer - Claimant found
guilty of negligence prior to transfer - Whether transfer made in bad faith - Whether
there was a breach of the fundamental implied term of mutual trust and confidence between
the parties
AWARD NO. 1694 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 11/4-35/01]
MULTI-PURPOSE
BANK BHD v. LEE KEE LIAM
ZURA YAHYA
DISMISSAL: Constructive dismissal - Transfer - Transfer to another
branch - Company’s right to transfer claimant by virtue of employment contract - No
consideration given to claimant’s problems with transfer
- Whether company had conducted itself inconsiderably - Whether transfer order indicative
of forcing claimant to resign
AWARD NO. 1013 OF 2004 [CASE NO: MP.1: 20/4-352/02]
STORE
(PUCHONG JAYA) SDN BHD, THE v. ANANDAN LINGAM
ZAINI ABD RAHMAN
DISMISSAL: Misconduct - Temporary misappropriation - Meaning of -
Repaying cash taken from employer - Whether exculpated claimant from liability of
committing temporary misappropriation
AWARD NO. 1355 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 17/4-507/01]
SABAH
MEDICAL CENTRE SDN BHD v. LIM SENG KEONG
P IRUTHAYARAJ D PAPPUSAMY
DISMISSAL: Performance - Poor performance - Frequent absences from
workplace - Failure to wear uniform during working hours - Failure to present daily report
book to school’s headmaster for verification - Allegations of - Whether proved -
Whether dismissal justified
AWARD NO. 1363 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 17/4-691/02]
XC
COMMAND SECURITY SERVICES SDN BHD v. RAINOD LOISON
P IRUTHAYARAJ D PAPPUSAMY
DISMISSAL: Dishonesty - Using company’s petrol charge card
facility for personal use - Whether a violation of company policy - Whether dismissal
justified
AWARD NO. 1546 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 11/4-846/02]
COLGATE
PALMOLIVE MARKETING SDN BHD v. KWAN KIM WAH
ZURA YAHYA
DISMISSAL: Redundancy - Merging of banks - New management offered
claimant a position less favourable than his former - Whether a breach of acquisition of
business agreement entered into between the two banks - Whether within claimant’s
rights to reject offer - Whether claimant a party to the agreement - Whether claimant
could come to court to enforce the agreement - Whether dismissal without just cause and
excuse - Whether court ordered reinstatement
AWARD NO. 1308 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 12/4-419/02]
AFFIN
BANK BHD v. ZAULKIFLI MOHAMED
YEOH WEE SIAM
DISMISSAL: Retrenchment - Redundancy - Financial hardship -
Reduction of staff - Selection for retrenchment - Whether selection criteria reasonable
and fair - Whether claimant’s position in excess of requirement and therefore
redundant - Whether dismissal with just cause and excuse
AWARD NO. 1823 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 12/4-1027/00]
MAXIS
COMMUNICATIONS BHD v. HARVINDERJIT SINGH
YEOH WEE SIAM
DISMISSAL: Retrenchment - Redundancy - Company restructuring for
cost efficiency - Whether claimant’s job functions still remained intact - Whether
such functions taken over by other employee - Whether LIFO principle adhered to - Whether
company could become cost-effective as a result of retrenchment exercise - Whether there
was concrete evidence of poor performance necessitating reorganisation for cost efficiency
- Whether dismissal with just cause or excuse
AWARD NO. 1065 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 10/4-712/03]
HEALTHRONICS
(M) SDN BHD v. BALBIR KAUR NANAK SINGH
CHOONG SIEW KHIM
DISMISSAL: Termination of services - Breach of company policies -
Possession and disclosure of highly confidential letter - Issuance of threats - Whether
proved - Whether claimant procured letter through unlawful means - Whether letter highly
confidential - Whether dismissal with just cause or excuse
AWARD NO. 1156 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 19/4-1081/02]
IPI
SDN BHD v. HENTRY VIENSION MUNIANDY
AHMADI ASNAWI
PEMBUANGAN KERJA: Pembuangan kerja secara konstruktif - Pertukaran
jawatan - Gaji dikurangkan dan elaun ditamatkan - Sama ada tindakan syarikat menunjukkan
ia tidak lagi berhasrat terikat kepada kontrak pekerjaan - Sama ada yang menuntut berjaya
membuktikan bahawa beliau telah dipecat secara konstruktif
AWARD NO. 1401 TAHUN 2004 [NO. KES: 16/4-559/03]
KIG
GLASS INDUSTRIAL BHD lwn. TAN LAY BOON
ABDUL AZIZ KHALIDIN
PEMBUANGAN KERJA: Penamatan kerja - Prestasi kerja tidak memuaskan
- Sama ada terbukti - Yang menuntut seorang pegawai kanan - Sama ada perlu untuk diberi
amaran bertulis - Sama ada memadai jika beliau dimaklumkan mengenai prestasinya - Sama ada
diberi peluang untuk memperbaiki prestasi kerja
AWARD NO. 1076 TAHUN 2004 [NO. KES: 16/4-793/02]
TENGGARA-KCC
CONCRETE (M) SDN BHD lwn. ANG KAH HIN
ABDUL AZIZ KHALIDIN
PEMBUANGAN KERJA: Penamatan kerja - Salah laku - Menggunakan
perkataan menghina dalam surat kepada pegawai atasan - Kesalahan menggunakan bahasa yang
tidak menghormati pegawai atasan - Sama ada pembuangan kerja yang tidak adil atau sah
AWARD NO. 1076 TAHUN 2004 [NO. KES: 16/4-793/02]
TENGGARA-KCC
CONCRETE (M) SDN BHD lwn. ANG KAH HIN
ABDUL AZIZ KHALIDIN
PEMBUANGAN KERJA: Salahlaku - Mencuri barangan hotel - Sama ada
dibukti - Sama ada pembuangan kerja adalah hukuman yang terlalu berat
AWARD NO. 1402 TAHUN 2004 [NO. KES: 16/4-587/01]
HOTEL
GRAND CONTINENTAL JOHOR BAHRU lwn. NG BOON HUP
ABDUL AZIZ KHALIDIN
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Disjoinder - Application for - Application to be
disjoined from proceedings - Whether allowed
AWARD NO. 1663 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 6/4-1019/01]
JUPITER
SECURITIES SDN BHD v. MOHAMMED MUSTAPHA MOHD ARIFIN
SITI SALEHA ABU BAKAR
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure - Reference to High Court -
Application for - Whether there were questions of law to be referred - Whether conditions
set out in s.33A of the Industrial Relations Act 1967 satisfied
AWARD NO. 1708 OF 2004 [CASE NO: MP1: 7/5-1075/03]
MALAYAN
BANKING BHD v. WARSA MOHAMED BAKAR
SYED AHMAD RADZI SYED OMAR
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure - Reinstatement of case - Application
for - Case previously struck off due to claimant’s absence in court - Immediate steps
taken to revive case taken by claimant within time period - Application allowed
AWARD NO. 1667 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 14/4-743/04]
ENTREPRENEURS
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE v. SUGUNADEVI ARJUNAN
SOO AI LIN
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure - Trial - Statement of case - Facts
represented unclear and ambiguous - Industrial Court Rules 1967, r. 9 - Whether claimant
failed to file a proper statement of case - Claim for monetary compensation - Whether
within the jurisdiction of Industrial Court
AWARD NO. 1495 OF 2004 [CASE NO: MP1: 20/4-711/04]
CORNELDER
METAL MALAYSIA (CMM) v. LIEW TECK YONG
ZAINI ABD RAHMAN
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure - Variation of award - Application for
- Application to amend name of company - Variation significant for the purpose of removing
ambiguity and uncertainty in award - Application allowed
AWARD NO. 1627 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 4/7-1344/04]
WORKERS
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION HOLDINGS SDN BHD v. SUDHA TA RAMADAS
AMELIA TEE HONG GEOK ABDULLAH, EMPLOYER’S PANEL: AMRAN ZAKARIA, EMPLOYEE’S
PANEL: ADRIAN JUDE STA MARIA
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Remedies - Monetary compensation - Compensation
in lieu of reinstatement - Whether should be awarded for the period from date of dismissal
to date of hearing - Backwages - Whether should be limited to 24 months
AWARD NO. 1783 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 21/4-533/02]
TAN
SIM POH v. RICOH (M) SDN BHD
SUSILA SITHAMPARAM
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Remedies - Reinstatement - Whether to be ordered
AWARD NO. 1554 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 12/4-640/03]
SEDAYA
COLLEGE v. LISA HO KING LI
YEOH WEE SIAM
INDUSTRIAL COURT: Remedies - Reinstatement and monetary
compensation - Whether reinstatement ought to be awarded - Practice Note No. 1 of 1987 -
Limitation of backwages to 24 months - Whether a mandatory requirement - Assessment of
quantum of backwages - R Rama Chandran v. The Industrial Court Of Malaysia & Anor. -
Post dismissal employment - Dr. James Alfred v. Koperasi Serbaguna Sanya Bhd. & Anor.
AWARD NO. 1237 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 17/4-905/99]
TELEKOM
MALAYSIA BHD v. RAMLI AKIM
P IRUTHAYARAJ D PAPPUSAMY
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: Employee status - Claimant without
appointment letter - Allowance paid and not salary - No need to punch in or out - No
necessity to apply for leave - Whether claimant a director or mere employee - Whether
claimant constructively dismissed
AWARD NO. 1196 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 9/4-500/98]
KEJURUTERAAN
CMT (M) SDN BHD v. CHAN SONG SEONG
SYED AHMAD RADZI SYED OMAR
NON COMPLIANCE: Award - Non payment of compensation awarded -
Matter to be heard in Court of Appeal - No application for order of stay of execution -
Whether due compliance to order
AWARD NO. 1221 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 12/1-450/02]
JEBSEN
& JESSEN ENGINEERING (M) SDN BHD v. DAVID SANDANASAMY & ANOR
YEOH WEE SIAM, EMPLOYERS’ PANEL: MAHABEER SINGH, EMPLOYEES’ PANEL: DIANA OON
TRADE DISPUTE: Collective agreement - Interim award - Terms and
conditions of service - Agreed articles
AWARD NO. 1236 OF 2004 [CASE NO: 11/2-124/04]
SITT
TATT LOGISTIC SDN BHD v. KESATUAN KEBANGSAAN PEKERJA-PEKERJA PERDAGANGAN
ZURA YAHYA
CASE OF THE WEEK
SUECHI INDUSTRIES SDN BHD v. UMAH JERALENE LOUIS ADAIKALASAMI
DISMISSAL: Constructive dismissal - Gross fraudulent misconduct - Whether proved - Whether claimant had history of misappropriation of money - Claimant banked in monies late - Whether had just reason - Company sent out notices into business world of claimant’s suspension and cessation of authority to collect any form of payments - Company placed advertisement for claimant’s replacement while awaiting domestic inquiries - Whether showed such conducts calculated to destroy relationship of confidence and trust between parties - Company damaged name of claimant without any proof of fraud - Whether constructive dismissal justifiable
CLJ Bulletin
To Subscribe/Unsubscribe go to http://www.cljlaw.com/ilrsubscribefrm.asp
Copyright ©1997 - 2005 CLJ Legal Network Sdn
Bhd (192353 V)
Email: enquiries@cljlaw.com Phone:
603-4270-5400 Fax No : 603-4270 5401 & 603-4270 5402