As part of our continuing campaign to share our knowledge on legal matters, we have prepared another video in our 2 minute video series to cover basic information about unfair dismissal in Malaysia.

The claimant commenced employment with the company in 1992 as Assistant Manager (Trainee) and last held a senior position of trust as Restaurant Manager at the company's KFC outlet in l-City, Shah Alam.

Facts Felix Lee (the ‘Respondent') was employed as the Chief Executive Officer (‘CEO') of Matrix Global Education Sdn Bhd (the ‘Appellant').

Malaysia does not recognize the concept of "termination simpliciter" (i.e. termination by contractual notice and for no reason). Accordingly, the termination of employees

Agnes Ann was a secretary at one of the top advertising agencies in Kuala Lumpur. One day in late February, she walked out of her job.

It is well established in a plethora of Industrial Court authorities that an employee must avoid any conflict of interests or even potential conflict of interests with his or her employer.

It is settled law that the banking industry belongs to a special kind of business and services rendered to the public.

The employee was hired as the Regional Sales Manager. He was tasked with leading a team of sales executives. His initial 6-month probationary period was extended due to performance issues.

The High Court held that settlement offers (and their rejections) are inadmissible as evidence, if those settlement discussions took place while conciliation proceedings were still ongoing.

Resignation in the face of threatened disciplinary action will not constitute a forced or involuntary resignation.

When an employee has been dismissed, internal company procedures allowing an avenue for further appeal will not affect the statutory timeframe for filing representations of unfair dismissal, the High Court held on 29 October 2019.

In the wake of the global pandemic, workplaces faced unprecedented disruptions. One such challenge was managing emergency leave due to the pandemic due to lockdowns, restrictions in movements, and the rise of remote working.

The Claimant was heading a division of the Sales Department and was dismissed on the grounds of redundancy. This arose following a restructuring exercise to: (a) optimise and flatten...

What are the implications when an employee embarks on a new job with a different employer without formally resigning from their existing position?

In unfair dismissal claims, the primary remedy is reinstatement. While it is generally rare for an employer to offer reinstatement to a recently dismissed employee, there are still some reported instances where employers do make such offers.

The former employee ("former employee") filed an application for leave to apply for judicial review against his former employer, Petroliam Nasional Berhad ("Petronas").

What happens if an employer is wound-up before an unfair dismissal claim against it can be completed?

Facts Ashvine A/P Hari Krishnan (the ‘Respondent') was employed by 7-Eleven Malaysia Sdn Bhd (the ‘Appellant') as its Senior Manager of Human Resources in 2019.

In recent years, employers have attempted to stray away from the usual employer-employee relationship by hiring a person as an ‘independent contractor' via a "contract for service".

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused mass redundancies, retrenchment, and dismissals of employees across all sectors of employment locally as well as internationally with the closure and...