Raja, Darryl & Loh's employment and industrial relations practice handles a broad range of advisory and contentious matters for local and multinational companies. The team’s advisory work includes structuring retrenchment exercises, preparing mutual separation agreements, and reviewing employee handbooks for legal compliance. On the contentious side, the practice regularly represents employers in unfair dismissal and constructive dismissal cases before the Industrial Court, High Court, and Court of Appeal. The practice is led by Tham Li Vyen, who often advises on a range of employment and industrial relations issues, including occupational health and safety, and also represents clients in court appeals.
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Work highlights
Acted for Ideal Quality Sdn Bhd in successfully resisting an appeal before the Court of Appeal by an ex-employee who had filed a claim alleging unfair dismissal.
Acted for an employer in the technology sector in a claim made against it at the Industrial Court for unfair dismissal.
Advised a leading company in building materials on its re-organisation of workforce and retrenchment exercise after it had decided to relocate and consolidate the operations of one of its factories.
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Tham Li Vyen