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IN THIS ISSUE BULLETIN 6/2017

1. Latest Highlights
- Case Highlights
- ILR Issue 5 of 2017
2. Media Info

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LATEST HIGHLIGHTS
CASE HIGHLIGHTS

CHAN NGA GUAN v. COGDEV MALAYSIA SDN BHD
INDUSTRIAL COURT, KUALA LUMPUR
SAROJINI KANDASAMY
AWARD NO. 324 OF 2017 [CASE NO: 4/4-512/15]
27 FEBRUARY 2017

DISMISSAL: Retrenchment - Redundancy - Claimant retrenched - Claimant pregnant when she had been retrenched - Whether the company had victimised her due to her pregnancy - Evidence adduced - Evaluation of - Whether a genuine redundancy situation had arisen in the company - Company's actions towards her - Whether her retrenchment had been carried out bona fide

DISMISSAL: Retrenchment - Redundancy - Claimant retrenched - Claimant remaining employed and paid by the company over the 6-week separation or time frame set by the company - What it had shown of the company's intentions - Whether the claimant's position had been surplus to the company's needs - Evidence adduced - Factors to consider - Effect of - Whether the claimant's retrenchment had been carried out bona fide

DISMISSAL: Retrenchment - Redundancy - Claimant retrenched - Whether she had been given notice of it - Factors to consider - Evidence adduced - Evaluation of - Effect of - Whether the claimant's retrenchment had been carried out bona fide

DISMISSAL: Retrenchment - Redundancy - Claimant retrenched - Whether the company had been under an obligation to source alternative opportunities for her - Factors to consider - Effect of - Actions taken by the company - Claimant's actions - What it had shown

DISMISSAL: Retrenchment - Redundancy - Claimant retrenched - Whether the company had borne the burden of reskilling and retraining the claimant - Evidence adduced - Claimant declining training programmes provided by the company without finding out about course content - What it had shown

EVIDENCE: Adverse inference - Company failing to call Arunava Bhattacharjee as its witness - Whether he had been a material witness - Factors to consider - Whether an adverse inference ought to be drawn against it - Evidence Act 1950, s. 114(g)

EVIDENCE: Witness - Credibility - Whether the claimant had been a credible witness - Factors to consider - Effect of

INDUSTRIAL COURT: Pleadings - Claimant failing to plead non-conformation by the company on the Code of Conduct for Industrial Harmony - Whether parties had been bound by their pleadings - Position of the law - Whether submissions from the Bar should be given any weight - Factors to consider - Effect of


KONG SENG CHAI v. PERUSAHAAN OTOMOBIL NASIONAL SDN BHD
INDUSTRIAL COURT, KUALA LUMPUR
ANNA NG FUI CHOO
AWARD NO. 465 OF 2017 [CASE NO: 3(13)(25)/4-844/14]
29 MARCH 2017

DISMISSAL: Insubordination - Claimant failing to wear a necktie for the task force meeting despite being instructed to do so - Whether it had constituted insubordinate behaviour - Factors to consider - Evidence adduced - Effect of - His reasons for the same - Whether acceptable - Whether this charge had been proven by the company against him - Whether it had constituted serious misconduct - Whether it had justified the company dismissing him - Whether dismissal without just cause or excuse - Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss 20(3) & 30(5)

DISMISSAL: Insubordination - Claimant leaving the meeting and failing to return to make his presentation - Whether his actions had constituted insubordinate behaviour - Factors to consider - Evidence adduced - Effect of - Claimant's explanations - Whether acceptable - What his conduct had shown - Whether this allegation had been proven by the company against him - Whether it had constituted a serious misconduct - Claimant's position in the company - Whether the company had been justified in dismissing him based on this ground - Factors to consider - Effect of - Whether dismissal without just cause and excuse

LATEST CASES (ILR Issue 5 of 2017)
Award Parties Citation Links
  Abdul Ghani Che Mat v. Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pasukan Polis & Ors
[Civil Appeal No: W-01(A)-187-06-2015]
[2017] 2 ILR 209 cljlaw
labourlaw
  Kesatuan Pekerja-pekerja Bukan Eksekutif Maybank Bhd v. Kesatuan Kebangsaan Pekerja-Pekerja Bank & Anor
[Civil Appeal No: 02-46-07-2015(W)]]
[2017] 2 ILR 230 cljlaw
labourlaw
290/2017 Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Perkilangan Perusahaan Makanan v. Gold Coin Specialities Sdn Bhd
[Case No: 1(13)(1)/1-325/15]
[2017] 2 ILR 260 cljlaw
labourlaw
294/2017 Sivamani Naidu Masalamani lwn. Measat Broadcast Network System Sdn Bhd
[No. Kes: 21(26)/4-1272/10]
[2017] 2 ILR 274 cljlaw
labourlaw
307/2017 Harun Yaakub lwn. RHB Bank Berhad
[No. Kes: 6/4-1048/14]
[2017] 2 ILR 283 cljlaw
labourlaw
324/2017 Chan Nga Guan v. Cogdev Malaysia Sdn Bhd
[Case No: 4/4-512/15]
[2017] 2 ILR 294 cljlaw
labourlaw
325/2017 Edi Hidayat Zulkefli v. Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd
[Case No: 16/4-1205/15]
[2017] 2 ILR 326 cljlaw
labourlaw
340/2017 Ahmad Nazri Mustafa v. Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd
[Case No: 12(24)/4-236/11]
[2017] 2 ILR 336 cljlaw
labourlaw
342/2017 Yasmin Haron v. Extol Corporation (M) Sdn Bhd
[Case No: 15/4-388/14]
[2017] 2 ILR 359 cljlaw
labourlaw
344/2017 Norzri Mohamad Nor lwn. Small Medium Enterprise Development Bank Malaysia Berhad
[No. Kes: 14/4-554/14]
[2017] 2 ILR 370 cljlaw
labourlaw
345/2017 Gurbakhish Singh Harnek Singh v. PNB Commercial Sdn Bhd
[Case No: 3(7)/4-425/11]
[2017] 2 ILR 387 cljlaw
labourlaw
443/2017 Aezrine Shah Abdullah v. Fat Boys Records Sdn Bhd
[Case No: 19/4-934/14]
[2017] 2 ILR 409 cljlaw
labourlaw
465/2017 Kong Seng Chai v. Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Sdn Bhd
[Case No: 3(13)(25)/4-844/14]
[2017] 2 ILR 422 cljlaw
labourlaw
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MEDIA INFO
Articles
Hope for the unqualified... Recognised Prior Learning (New Straits Times, Malaysia)

Never before has it been so critical for the industry to work efficiently, quickly and error-free than now. The fast-changing technological and business environment as production methods and techniques have become increasingly automated and business becoming more globalised and competitive.

Business/Management Skills
Shift your mindset towards success (New Straits Times, Malaysia)

A mindset is a belief reinforced by past experiences or values that set a person's thinking which then predetermines his or her responses or interpretations of situations that arise.

Human Resource
Work and the state of mind (The Star, Malaysia)

Mental health and well-being in the workplace has become increasingly important and is getting much more attention than before.

Tips
Tanggapan pertama sesingkat 7 saat (Utusan Malaysia)

Tidak dinafikan ramai yang tahu bahawa pentingnya tanggapan pertama, tetapi percayalah tidak ramai sebenarnya yang tahu bahawa ia berlaku dalam sesingkat 7 saat pertama sesuatu pertemuan.

Working Smart
Translating creativity into innovation (New Straits Times, Malaysia)

Companies are limited by external resources such as money, machines, materials, manpower and methods (the 5 "M"s). However, companies who train their people to think creatively can tap into a powerful and limitless resource   creativity. Creative thinking brings great benefits to individuals as well as organisations.

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