SUBJECT INDEX

DISMISSAL

Constructive dismissal - Part-heard case - Application to hear it de novo - Whether court lacked jurisdiction to continue hearing case from where it was left off - Interpretation of phrase "any other cause" in s. 23(6) Industrial Relations Act 1967 - Whether ejusdem generis interpretation to be given - Whether injustice caused to parties if case continued to be heard - Whether de novo hearing would further delay case - Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club Bhd v. Saidi Subramaniam & Ors
Mukunda Kumar Ms Nair v. Asia Pharmaceutical Products Sdn Bhd
(Anna Ng Fui Choo) [2012] 2 ILR 603

Insubordination - Slanderous remarks - Claimant made slanderous remarks to superior when caution letter was served on him - Whether claimant's reaction reasonable - Whether company over reacted in dismissing him
Roslan Yussof v. Toyochem Sdn Bhd
(Fredrick Indran XA Nicholas) [2012] 2 ILR 497

Jurisdiction - Constructive dismissal - Part-heard case - Application to hear it de novo - Whether court lacked jurisdiction to continue hearing case from where it was left off - Interpretation of phrase "any other cause" in s. 23(6) Industrial Relations Act 1967 - Whether ejusdem generis interpretation to be given - Whether injustice caused to parties if case continued to be heard - Whether de novo hearing would further delay case - Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club Bhd v. Saidi Subramaniam & Ors
Mukunda Kumar Ms Nair v. Asia Pharmaceutical Products Sdn Bhd
(Anna Ng Fui Choo) [2012] 2 ILR 603

Jurisdiction - Remedy of reinstatement - Whether sought by claimant - Whether court lacking in jurisdiction to hear case - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3)
Chong Yoke Hong v. Vision Best Sdn Bhd
(Eddie Yeo Soon Chye) [2012] 2 ILR 650

Misconduct - Breach of bank procedures - Claimant authorised release for large sum of money from customer's account without verification - Whether claimant's dismissal justified - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3)
Farizah Abdul Rahman v. RHB Bank Berhad
(Sulaiman Ismail) [2012] 2 ILR 537

Misconduct - Demanding transfer of superiors - Absent from work without prior approval or leave - Instigating and participating in withdrawal of labour - Whether allegations of misconduct proved - Company did not respond to grievances of workers - Whether handling grievances of workers vital for industrial peace - Whether punishment of dismissal justified - Whether dismissal amounted to victimisation or unfair labour practice - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3), 44 & 45
Gunasekharan Munusamy & Ors v. Highlands & Lowlands Berhad
(Rajendran Nayagam) [2012] 2 ILR 616

Misconduct - Purchase of capital items and office consumables without authorisation - Whether dismissal justified - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3)
LCB Management Sdn Bhd v. Ting Kang Sung
(Eddie Yeo Soon Chye) [2012] 2 ILR 631

Retrenchment - Redundancy - Whether redundancy situation arose leading to retrenchment - Whether retrenchment made in conformity with accepted standards of industrial jurisprudence - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30(5)
Sri Dhandayutha Pany v. TNT Logistics (M) Sdn Bhd
(Yamuna Menon) [2012] 2 ILR 576

INDUSTRIAL COURT

Procedure - Parties - Application for joinder - Whether there was a nexus between company and proposed joinee companies - Whether companies had interest in each other's undertaking - Whether addition of proposed joinee companies necessary to make adjudication effective and enforceable - Whether there was a functional unity or integration amongst companies
Wong Yook Nam v. Low Yat Construction Company Sdn Bhd
(Aslina Joned) [2012] 2 ILR 524

Procedure - Parties - Joinder - Whether addition of party necessary to make adjudication of case matter effective and enforceable - Whether sufficient nexus between claimant and party to be joined
Kuan Chee Hong v. Lemtronics Sdn Bhd
(Sulaiman Ismail) [2012] 2 ILR 472

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Collective agreement - Application to vary terms by company - Whether variations sought for purpose of removing any ambiguity or uncertainty - Whether company sought to introduce new terms and conditions - Whether company attempting to bypass collective bargaining process by not negotiating with union - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 13, 14 & 33(2)
Shangri-La Hotels (Malaysia) Berhad v. National Union Of Hotel, Bar And Restaurant Workers, Peninsular Malaysia
(P Iruthayaraj D Pappusamy) [2012] 2 ILR 658

INDEKS PERKARA

PEMBUANGAN KERJA

Penggulungan - Penuntut ditamatkan pekerjaan atas alasan syarikat induk digulungkan - Ketidakhadiran syarikat untuk memberi keterangan - Sama ada penggulungan syarikat dibuktikan - Sama ada penamatan perkhidmatan pununtut atas sebab atau alasan adil - Goon Kwee Phoy v. J & P Coats (M) Sdn Bhd - Akta Perhubungan Perusahaan 1967, s. 20(3)
Ya'cob Mohd Shabudin lwn. Cubic RFID Sdn Bhd
(Sulaiman Ismail) [2012] 2 ILR 481

Perkhidmatan tidak memuaskan - Sama ada keterangan menunjukkan perkhidmatan penuntut tidak memuaskan - Sama ada syarikat mematuhi peraturan bagi pemecatan pekerja yang perkhidmatannya tidak memuaskan
Crispen Lijawi lwn. Sri Tepat Jadi Gelas & Aluminium Sdn Bhd
(Yusob Md Tasir) [2012] 2 ILR 457