YUEN YEONG OON v. TRANE MALAYSIA SALES & SERVICES SDN BHD
INDUSTRIAL COURT, KUALA LUMPUR
AHMAD ROSLI MOHD SHAM
AWARD NO. 526 OF 2013 [CASE NO: 11/4-94/11]
26 MARCH 2013

INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure - Action - Statement of Case - Application to strike out - Claimant negotiating and accepting retrenchment benefits after being made redundant - Whether that meant he/she had accepted the retrenchment - Effect of - Whether his/her actions had precluded her from filing this case - Effect of

DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE AT THE WORKPLACE

The Parliamentary system in Malaysia, which largely follows the British Westminster system of government, requires the people to choose their leaders who are given a mandate to make decisions on their behalf – major decisions which will affect the life of each and every citizen, including the decision to declare war, the decision to shape economic institutions in a particular fashion and the decision to insist that people pay taxes to support the development of the country.

Let's examine the workplace to see if a similar right to self-government is in place or, indeed, whether it should be put in place. As the registered company is probably the most common form of employer in the private sector, we will use this type of organisation as our example.

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