In the modern business world, it is common for companies to take
over or merge with other companies or undergo internal
restructuring exercises. These exercises may very well impact the
employees of the business. When these exercises take place, more
often than not it creates a situation of redundancy which in turn
will give rise to the retrenchment of employees. The question now
is what can an employee do when they are faced with such situation?
Well, this article will shed some light as to what an employee can
do.
Before we dwell into what an employee can do, firstly we need to
understand the rights of the employers and the employees as well.
This is so because what the employee can do is very dependent on
whether these rights have been breached. The Courts in TWI
Training and Certification (SE Asia) Sdn Bhd v Jose A Sebastian
[1998] 2 ILR 879 had recognized the company's or
organization's rights to undergo re-structuring or mergers and
acquisitions as it is within
