ILR_Bulletin_19

ILR Bulletin, Vol 19 2005
25 August 2005

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INDUSTRIAL LAW REPORTS ISSUE 3 of 2005

SUBJECT INDEX

CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT

Employment - Claimant’s contract of service not renewed upon expiry - Whether contract was genuine fixed term contract
Asian Supply Base Sdn Bhd v. Terry Mogindol
P Iruthayaraj D Pappusamy 1592

DISMISSAL

1st claimant’s case withdrawn - Case struck off
Konsortium Pakatan Didik Sdn Bhd v. Mohd Talhah Mohd Tahir & Satu Lagi
Tan Yeak Hui 372

Absent claimant - Case struck off
Mohd Aminuddin Zulkapli v. Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club
Susila Sithamparam 261

Absent claimant - Case struck off with liberty to reinstate
CCL (Weld) Properties Sdn Bhd v. Rahmania Idar
Tan Yeak Hui 371

Absent claimant - Case struck off with liberty to reinstate
Dolami Pi-Ee v. Kiara Karisma Sdn Bhd
Susila Sithamparam 307

Absent claimant - Case struck off with liberty to reinstate
Golden Hope Latex Sdn Bhd v. Arumuganathan Suppiah
Tan Yeak Hui 367

Absent claimant - Case struck off with liberty to reinstate
Hamdan Masnan v. Nsk Bearings (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Susila Sithamparam 308

Absent claimant - Case struck off with liberty to reinstate
Jebsen & Jessen Industrial (M) Sdn Bhd v. Erik Sven Sundin
Soo Ai Lin 301

Absent claimant - Case struck off with liberty to reinstate
Proton Edar Sdn Bhd v. Fazilina Mat Desa
Tan Yeak Hui 344

Absent company - Claimant’s evidence uncontroverted - Dismissal without just cause or excuse
Equitable Loss Adjusters Sdn Bhd v. Abdul Latheef Moideen
Abdul Aziz Khalidin 104

Absent parties - Case struck off with liberty to reinstate
Chow Kit Farmasi Sdn Bhd v. Lee Poh Chuan
K Ramakrishnan 381

Absent parties - Case struck off with liberty to reinstate
Intra Damai Sdn Bhd v. Manimaran Raju
Siti Saleha Abu Bakar 289

Absent parties - Case struck off with liberty to reinstate
Metacorp Properties Sdn Bhd v. Redzelan Mohamad
K Ramakrishnan 378

Alternative dispute resolution - Mediation - Amicable settlement
Mimpian Jadi Resort Bhd v. Noridah Jayah
P Iruthayaraj D Pappusamy 292

Alternative dispute resolution - Mediation - Amicable settlement
Netcel 360 Sdn Bhd v. Lim Fuan Meng
Yeoh Wee Siam 260

Alternative dispute resolution - Mediation - Amicable settlement
Pembangunan Papan Lapis (S) Sdn Bhd v. Soo Man Fong
P Iruthayaraj D Pappusamy 1796

Alternative dispute resolution - Mediation - Amicable settlement
Tang Dynasty Hotel v. Kenny Chin Chee Keong
P Iruthayaraj D Pappusamy 1753

Alternative dispute resolution - Mediation - Amicable settlement
Wing Loong Stationers Sdn Bhd v. Haiu Chooi Yoke (F)
Ahmadi Asnawi 365

Amicable settlement
Alvin Tan Tsun Huat v. James White Ants Destroying Sdn Bhd
Susila Sithamparam 309

Amicable settlement
Boncafe (East Malaysia) Sdn Bhd v. Jane Koh Mei Ling
P Iruthayaraj D Pappusamy 263

Amicable settlement
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, The v. Law Yisin
Siti Saleha Abu Bakar 290

Amicable settlement
Cybron Precision Plastics Sdn Bhd v. Ruben Deva P Babu
Abdul Aziz Khalidin 282

Amicable settlement
Elite Industries Sdn Bhd v. Ahmad Fadalie Sajuddin
Muniandy Kannyappan 257

Amicable settlement
Future Lead Sdn Bhd v. Razali Rahmat
Muniandy Kannyappan 246

Amicable settlement
Jabalnur Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd v. Azlina Mohd Adli
Tan Yeak Hui 335

Amicable settlement
Kion Seng Hardware Co Sdn Bhd v. Chiew Toh Siong
Muniandy Kannyappan 244

Amicable settlement
Kong & Associates v. Wong Choong Teck
Choong Siew Khim 208

Amicable settlement
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (30632-p) v. Kesatuan Kebangsaan Pekerja-pekerja Perdagangan
K Ramakrishnan 382

Amicable settlement
Legenda Entertainment & Communications Sdn Bhd v. Suganeswary Ak Chelliah
Tan Yeak Hui 336

Amicable settlement
Makro Cash & Carry Distribution (M) Sdn Bhd v. Amirruddin A Rahman
Ahmadi Asnawi 299

Amicable settlement
Malaya Glass Product Sdn Bhd v. Allen Arputham
Abdul Aziz Khalidin 254

Amicable settlement
Malindo Printers Sdn Bhd v. Ariffin Dollah
Ahmadi Asnawi 296

Amicable settlement
Mestika Yakin Sdn Bhd v. Jabu Jilom
Muniandy Kannyappan 243

Amicable settlement
Metro Security Services Sdn Bhd v. Francis Xavier Savarimuthu
K Ramakrishnan 380

Amicable settlement
Region Suppliers Sdn Bhd v. Chen Wei Har
Siti Saleha Abu Bakar 302

Amicable settlement
Seng Hup Corporation Bhd v. Chen Wan Teng (F) & Ors
Ahmadi Asnawi 347

Amicable settlement
Shangri-la’s Tanjung Aru Resort v. Suihing Susiang
P Iruthayaraj D Pappusamy 1666

Amicable settlement
Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Bhd lwn. Standard Chartered Bank Officer’s Association
Yeoh Wee Siam 303

Amicable settlement
STP Distributors (M) Sdn Bhd v. Lai Kok Kin
Siti Saleha Abu Bakar 252

Amicable settlement
Transnational Express Sdn Bhd v. Mohd Fauzi Che Man
K Ramakrishnan 379

Amicable settlement
WRP Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd v. Siow Kim Kee & Ors
Soo Ai Lin 374

Amicable settlement for claimants no. 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 - New mention date for claimant no. 3
Quality Concrete Sdn Bhd v. Kuken Ham & Ors
Muniandy Kannyappan 258

Case withdrawn - Case struck off
Acnielson (M) Sdn Bhd v. Zulkefli Ahmad
Siti Saleha Abu Bakar 295

Case withdrawn by 6th claimant- Case struck off
Borneo United Sawmills Sdn Bhd v. William Yong Lok Khing & Ors
Muniandy Kannyappan 245

Case withdrawn - Case struck off
Imacentre Development Sdn Bhd v. Dhyanchand Crhistopher Devaraj
P Iruthayaraj D Pappusamy 262

Case withdrawn - Case struck off
Wong Yoke Meng & Ors v. Tractors Malaysia (1982) Sdn Bhd
Susila Sithamparam 355

Constructive dismissal - Default on salary payment - Company admitted to breach of contractual obligations to pay salaries - Whether company committed a breach going to root of claimants’ contract of employment
Adorna-Rmit Sdn. Bhd. & Anor lwn. Catherine Pau Kwei Fang & Ors
Franklin Goonting 203

Constructive dismissal - Demotion and reduction of salary pursuant to finding of guilt by domestic inquiry - Whether employer guilty of breach going to root of employment contract - Claimant alleged to have breached company’s policy - Whether substantiated - Whether constructive dismissal justified
Gula Padang Terap Bhd v. Mohd Yusoff Mahmood
Franklin Goonting 1759

Constructive dismissal - Harassment - Company issued memos purportedly to drive claimant out of employment - Whether proved - Whether issuing memos is unreasonable conduct - Whether such conduct amounted to breach of contractual relationship - Whether the test to be applied is the contract test and not the reasonableness test
Zelleco Engineering Sdn Bhd v. See Lap Keong
Ahmadi Asnawi 174

Constructive dismissal - Salary - Non-payment of - Whether tantamount to intention of no longer intended to be bound by contract of employment
Interland Management Sdn Bhd v. Frederick Christopher Jeremiah
Franklin Goonting 1589

Insubordination - Allegation of - Whether proved - Demotion as form of punishment - Whether warranted - Whether written apologies to superior and peers necessary - Whether there was bias or prejudice on company’s part - Whether company evinced an intention to no longer be bound by terms of employment contract - Whether claimant proved constructive dismissal
Roche Diagnostics (M) Sdn Bhd v. Shue Sen
Siti Saleha Abu Bakar 1525

Misconduct - Habitual late-coming - Whether proved - Claimant suffering from skin disease and on medication with sedative properties - Whether there were mitigating circumstances - Whether punishment of dismissal too harsh - Whether dismissal without just cause and excuse
Mohd Rashdan Jamaludin v. Pacific Insurance Bhd
Susila Sithamparam 205

Performance - Poor performance - Performance review reports - Whether contents of reports contradicted allegation of unsatisfactory work performance - Work performance - Whether inadequacies in company’s system contributed to employee’s inability to perform tasks assigned - Whether employee accorded proper training - Whether failure to conduct follow-up performance review unjustly misled employee to believe performance was at acceptable level - Whether termination a ploy to trim staff levels in organisation
Nestle Products Sdn Bhd v. Ahmad Zairee Mohd Kassim
Amelia Tee Hong Geok Abdullah 1613

Performance - Unsatisfactory performance - Manipulating production figures by making unauthorised adjustments to data - Unaccounted losses as a result - Whether employee performed duties negligently - Claimant’s senior position in company - Whether punishment of dismissal meted out reasonable - Whether dismissal with just cause and excuse
Palmco Oil Mill Sdn Bhd v. Ooi Ching Lang
Franklin Goonting 1691

Resignation - Forced resignation - Letter of resignation - Whether voluntarily signed - Whether employee threatened with bodily harm and termination of service - Effect of - Retirement - Employee reached retirement age - Whether company motivated by absence of retirement clause in contract and payment of corresponding benefits in forcing employee to resign
Palace Hotel Sdn Bhd v. Lee Hen
Sauffee Afandi Mohamad 1415

Retrenchment - Redundancy - Company reorganisation - Restructuring of company’s operations - Closure of operations at oil palm estate - Whether employee’s specific functions diminished or ceased to exist - Whether employees brought in thereafter performed similar functions - Alternative employment - Whether company obligated to transfer employee to another location - Whether elements of bad faith proved
Rawang Lakes Sdn Bhd v. Rajakumar Vandamalay
Yeoh Wee Siam 206

Unable to contact claimant - Case struck off with liberty to file afresh
Bio Ceramic Corporation (M) Sdn Bhd v. Sazili Mat Saman
Tan Yeak Hui 366

Unable to contact claimant - Case struck off with liberty to file afresh
Nor Azman Saat v. Bakti Cellular Sdn Bhd
Susila Sithamparam 304

Unable to contact claimant - Case struck off with liberty to file afresh
Ganapathysirgunavel Rethinavelu v. Nortel Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Susila Sithamparam 306

Unable to contact claimant - Case struck off with liberty to file afresh
Loh Mieu Fung v. Unilever (M) Holdings Sdn Bhd
Susila Sithamparam 305

DOMESTIC INQUIRY

Procedural propriety - Whether law in domestic inquiry proscribes single-member panels or requires panelists to be superior in rank to accused employee - Whether adjudicator should not have been involved in investigations leading to the holding of domestic inquiry - Whether rules of natural justice to be ought complied with
Gula Padang Terap Bhd v. Mohd Yusoff Mahmood
Franklin Goonting 1759

INDUSTRIAL COURT

Procedure - Jurisdiction - Claimant’s representation received by Industrial Relations Department pre-dated date of alleged dismissal - Whether claimant’s representation to Industrial Relations Department premature - Whether court seised with jurisdiction to hear claim
Ranbaxy (M) Malaysia Sdn Bhd v. Ravindra Kumar Jaganathan
Franklin Goonting 1408

Procedure - Reinstatement of claim, application for - Court’s discretion under s. 29(d), Industrial Relations Act 1967 to continue to hear matter ex-parte - Bank Pusat Kerjasama Bhd. (In liquidation) v. Mahkamah Perusahaan Malaysia & Anor. - Relevancy of claimant’s conduct in deciding whether to reinstate claim or not
Tan Cheng Hing v. World Spa Industries (M) Sdn Bhd
Susila Sithamparam 1085

Procedure - Stay of proceedings - Application for - Whether s. 41(1)(e), Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd. Act 1998 is ultra vires art. 8(1), Federal Constitution - Whether the word ‘proceedings’ and the phrase ‘other legal process’ in
s. 41(1)(e) should be read conjunctively or disjunctively - Whether the word ‘proceedings’ and the phrase ‘other legal process’ in s. 41(1)(e) covers the reference before Industrial Court - Whether Industrial Court has power and ought to grant a stay of proceedings
Loh Yuen Tuck v. Jupiter Securities Sdn Bhd
Susila Sithamparam 661

Procedure - Trials - Whether case ought to be heard de novo or continued as a part heard case - Principles applicable
- Bank Bumiputra Malaysia v. Amir Mat - Merita Merchant Bank S’pore Ltd. v. Benatulin Tulin Sdn. Bhd. & Anor.
Hitechniaga Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Hong Kean Yong
Sauffee Afandi Mohamad 1519

Procedure - Trials - Application to reinstate matter granted
Anuar Ismail v. Maybank Finance Bhd
Susila Sithamparam 331

Procedure - Interpretation, application for - Amicable settlement
Komtar Hotel Sdn Bhd v. National Union Of Hotel, Bar & Restaurant Workers, Peninsular Malaysia
Amelia Tee Hong Geok Abdullah 383

Procedure - Trials - Application to reinstate matter granted
Low Kok Piew v. New Ridge Sdn Bhd
Susila Sithamparam 328

Remedies - Assessment of - Post dismissal earnings - Whether to be deducted from total compensation awarded - Exception - Company owed employee seven months’ salary
Interland Management Sdn Bhd v. Frederick Christopher Jeremiah
Franklin Goonting 1589

Remedies - Backwages, assessment of - Post dismissal earnings - Claimants still owed arrears of salary - Consideration of claimants’ hardship and expenses incurred for proceedings in Labour Court and Industrial Court - Whether deductions ought to be made for post dismissal earnings
Adorna-Rmit Sdn. Bhd. & Anor lwn. Catherine Pau Kwei Fang & Ors
Franklin Goonting 203

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Employee status - Workman - Whether employee a ‘workman’ within s. 2, Industrial Relations Act 1967
Interland Management Sdn Bhd v. Frederick Christopher Jeremiah
Franklin Goonting 1589

NON COMPLIANCE

Award - Amicable settlement
Tor Minerals (M) Sdn Bhd v. The Employees’ Union Of Tor Minerals (M) Sdn Bhd
Yussof Ahmad 368

Award - Non-payment of compensation awarded - Company absent - No special circumstances shown - Due compliance ordered
Vista Waja Sdn Bhd v. Mohd Khurshaid Ramjan Din
Yussof Ahmad 359

Award - Non-payment of compensation awarded - Financial incapacity not special circumstances - Due compliance ordered
Uniphoenix Corporation Berhad & Ors v. Karnasan Malayappan
Yussof Ahmad 356

TRADE DISPUTE

Collective agreement - Terms and conditions of service - Amicable settlement
Dynamic Plantations Bhd v. National Union Of Plantation Workers
Siti Saleha Abu Bakar 318

Collective agreement - Terms and conditions of service - Amicable settlement
IOI Corporation Bhd v. National Union Of Plantation Workers
Siti Saleha Abu Bakar 319

Collective agreement - Terms and conditions of service - Award handed down in terms of agreed and proposed articles
Dynamic Plantations Bhd v. National Union Of Plantation Workers
Siti Saleha Abu Bakar 317

Terms and conditions of service - Amicable settlement
MAPA (M) Sdn Bhd v. Kesatuan Kebangsaan Pekerja-Pekerja Syarikat Pembuat Keluaran Getah
Choong Siew Khim 294

WORDS & PHRASES

"proceedings" and "other legal process" - Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad Act 1998, s 41(1)(e)
Loh Yuen Tuck v. Jupiter Securities Sdn Bhd
Susila Sithamparam 661

CASE OF THE WEEK

INDAH WATER OPERATIONS SDN BHD V. BALAN NG KRISHNAN

INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure - Judicial review to High Court - Order of certiorari to quash Industrial Court award - Case remitted back to Industrial Court for reassessment of backwages - Industrial Court to act strictly in accordance with order of High Court - Whether Industrial Court ought to depart from normal practice of awarding 24 months backwages - R Rama Chandran v. The Industrial Court of Malaysia & Anor. - Dr. James Alfred v. Koperasi Serbaguna Sanya Bhd. & Anor

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Seminar:	International Conference On Law and Commerce 2005 : Simplification and Modernization of Law for Responsible Commerce
Date:	28th - 29th September 2005
Venue:	PJ Hilton, Petaling Jaya
Speaker:	44 renown speakers from universities all over the world
Link:	www.myseminars.com.my