LATEST CASES (ILR Issue 10 of 2020)

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Striking out – Appeal against – Claim for compensation – Employees sustained injuries as result of explosion and fire resulting from welding works done in employers’ factory – Employees claimed damages for negligence, breach of statutory duties and occupiers’ liability – Whether employee injured in course of employment in workplace accident could claim under Employees’ Social Security Act 1969 and thereafter bring further claim under common law – Whether issues that arose should be fully argued at trial – Whether employees’ claims a non-starter – Whether employees’ claims weak justifying suit to be struck out in limine
Rajendiran Manickam & Anor v. Palmamide Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Hasnah Mohammed Hashim, Kamaludin Md Said & Lee Swee Seng JJCA) [2020] 4 ILR 11

DISMISSAL

Breach of company rules and policies – Negligence – Whether the claimant had been negligent in the performance of his duties which had resulted in the loss of a life – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Evaluation of – Effect of – Whether his actions had constituted grave misconduct thus justifying his dismissal – Whether the company had been reasonable in dismissing him – Whether dismissal had been too harsh under the circumstances – Claimant’s length of service and his disciplinary record with the company – Whether dismissal without just cause and excuse
Dalip Singh Jeswant Singh v. Tenaga Nasional Berhad
(Domnic Selvam Gnanapragasam) [2020] 4 ILR 169

Breach of company rules and policies – Violence at the workplace – Whether the claimant had behaved aggressively towards COW1 – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Whether the charge had been proven by the company – Claimant’s defence – Whether could be accepted – Whether COW1 had provoked him – Effect of – Claimant’s service record with the company – What it had shown – Whether the punishment of dismissal against him had been manifestly harsh considering the facts – Whether dismissal without just cause and excuse
Sri Rani Abd Rahim v. Proton Edar Sdn Bhd
(Augustine Anthony) [2020] 4 ILR 22

Retrenchment – Restructuring – Claimant offered MSS – Whether it had been necessary for her superior to be present when she had been presented the MSS – Whether she had been forced to accept it – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Whether there had been a surplus of labour in the respondent company – Whether the claimant had been dismissed by it – Whether dismissal without just cause or excuse – Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30(5)
Savithri Vello v. Eversendai Constructions (M) Sdn Bhd
(Domnic Selvam Gnanapragasam) [2020] 4 ILR 93

EVIDENCE

Documentary evidence – Notes of the DI – Whether it could be accepted – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of
Dalip Singh Jeswant Singh v. Tenaga Nasional Berhad
(Domnic Selvam Gnanapragasam) [2020] 4 ILR 169

INDUSTRIAL COURT

Jurisdiction – Threshold jurisdiction – Whether the Industrial Court had threshold jurisdiction to hear the matter – Factors to consider – Effect of
Paper And Paper Products Manufacturing Employees’ Union v. SNC Industrial Laminates Sdn Bhd
(Noor Hayati Mat) [2020] 4 ILR 39

Remedies – Punishment – Proportionality of – Claimant guilty of grave misconduct resulting in a loss of life – Whether the punishment of dismissal meted out by the company on him had been too harsh – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of
Dalip Singh Jeswant Singh v. Tenaga Nasional Berhad
(Domnic Selvam Gnanapragasam) [2020] 4 ILR 169

LABOUR LAW

Employment – Compensation – Claim for – Employees sustained injuries as result of explosion and fire resulting from welding works done in employers’ factory – Employees claimed damages for negligence, breach of statutory duties and occupiers’ liability – Whether employee injured in course of employment in workplace accident could claim under Employees’ Social Security Act 1969 and thereafter bring further claim under common law – Whether issues that arose should be fully argued at trial – Whether employees’ claims a non-starter – Whether employees’ claims weak justifying suit to be struck out in limine
Rajendiran Manickam & Anor v. Palmamide Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Hasnah Mohammed Hashim, Kamaludin Md Said & Lee Swee Seng JJCA) [2020] 4 ILR 11

Trade dispute – Collective agreement – Wages – Minimum wages – Service charge – Employee’s remuneration package consisted of basic salary and service charge – Employers proposed system to utilise money from service charge pool to meet minimum wage requirement – Whether service charge could be incorporated into basic salary – Whether service charge could be utilised to top-up basic salary – Whether employer’s proposal advantageous to employees
Crystal Crown Hotel & Resort Sdn Bhd (Crystal Crown Hotel Petaling Jaya) v. Kesatuan Kebangsaan Pekerja-pekerja Hotel, Bar & Resort Semenanjung Malaysia
(David Wong Dak Wah, Hamid Sultan Abu Backer & Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid JJCA) [2020] 4 ILR 1

TRADE DISPUTE

Collective Agreement – Terms and conditions of service – Nine disputed articles – Company citing financial constraints and seeking status quo on articles as per the 1st CA – Whether it ought to be allowed – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Union failing to rebut company’s contention – Effect of – Whether the union’s claim ought to be allowed
Paper And Paper Products Manufacturing Employees’ Union v. SNC Industrial Laminates Sdn Bhd
(Noor Hayati Mat) [2020] 4 ILR 39

Collective Agreement – Whether it had been brought prematurely by the union – Factors to consider – Evidence adduced – Effect of – Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 13 & 18(1)
Paper And Paper Products Manufacturing Employees’ Union v. SNC Industrial Laminates Sdn Bhd
(Noor Hayati Mat) [2020] 4 ILR 39

INDEKS PERKARA

KETERANGAN

Saksi – Kegagalan syarikat memanggil pegawai-pegawai sumber manusianya untuk memberi keterangan di mahkamah – Sama ada mereka merupakan saksi yang penting – Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira – Kesannya – Sama ada salah laku tersebut berjaya dibuktikan oleh syarikat responden terhadap YM – Sama ada pembuangan kerja YM dilakukan secara adil dan bersebab
Mohd Fazly Kassim lwn. DHL Express (M) Sdn Bhd
(Kalmizah Salleh) [2020] 4 ILR 140

PEMBUANGAN KERJA

Ketidakpatuhan terhadap peraturan dan polisi syarikat – Cuti sakit – YM diarahkan mendapat rawatan kesihatan di Hospital Pakar KPJ, Seremban tetapi mendapat rawatan kesihatan di panel klinik lain syarikat responden – Alasan YM – Sama ada dapat diterima – Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira – Keterangan yang dikemukakan – Kesannya – Sama ada salah laku tersebut berjaya dibuktikan oleh syarikat responden terhadapnya – Kesannya – Sama ada pembuangan kerja YM telah dilakukan secara adil dan bersebab – Akta Perhubungan Perusahaan 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30(5)
Mohd Fazly Kassim lwn. DHL Express (M) Sdn Bhd
(Kalmizah Salleh) [2020] 4 ILR 140

PERTIKAIAN PERUSAHAAN

Perjanjian Kolektif Ke-4 – Terma dan syarat – Artikel 3, 4 dan 5 berkaitan dengan kenaikan 5% melebihi gaji minima – Sama ada cadangan pihak kesatuan harus dibenarkan – Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira – Keterangan yang dikemukakan – Kesannya
Kesatuan Kebangsaan Pekerja-pekerja Ladang lwn. Salamat Plantations Sdn Bhd
(Rasidah Chik) [2020] 4 ILR 108

Perjanjian Kolektif Ke-4 – Terma dan syarat – Artikel 23 berkaitan dengan pembayaran Service Gratuity Benefit kepada semua pekerja – Sama ada cadangan pihak kesatuan harus dibenarkan – Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira – Keterangan yang dikemukakan – Kesannya
Kesatuan Kebangsaan Pekerja-pekerja Ladang lwn. Salamat Plantations Sdn Bhd
(Rasidah Chik) [2020] 4 ILR 108

Perjanjian Kolektif Ke-4 – Terma dan syarat – Tempoh kuat kuasa PK-3 dan PK-4 – Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira – Kesannya – Akta Perhubungan Perusahaan, ss. 14(2)(b) dan 30(7) & Minimum Wage Order (Amendment) 2018
Kesatuan Kebangsaan Pekerja-pekerja Ladang lwn. Salamat Plantations Sdn Bhd
(Rasidah Chik) [2020] 4 ILR 108

Perpindahan tempat bertugas Maran dalam organisasi responden – Sama ada ia merupakan satu amalan buruh yang tidak adil – Sama ada beliau telah dijadikan mangsa oleh responden – Faktor-faktor yang harus diambil kira – Kesannya – Jawatan beliau dalam kesatuan – Kesannya – Sama ada tindakan responden terhadapnya merupakan satu tindakan union busting – Keterangan yang dikemukakan – Penilaian keterangan – Kesannya
Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja Malaysian Zoological Society lwn. Malaysian Zoological Society
(Kalmizah Salleh) [2020] 4 ILR 126