MOHAMMAD FAUZI HASSAN v. MOTORIA SDN BHD
INDUSTRIAL COURT, PENANG
SURAIYA MUSTAFA KAMAL
AWARD NO. 613 OF 2023 [CASE NO: 9-4-1618-21]
16 MARCH 2023

Abstract – (i) Taking excessive medical leave in order not to come to work, indicating an unwillingness to perform work, amounts to a serious improper conduct which undermines the root of an employer-employee relationship and the spirit of the collective agreement and industrial relations as a whole; (ii) Lateness is absence without leave for the period between the time the employee is required to arrive and the time he actually does arrive and, as a species of an unauthorised absence, amounts to a misconduct.

CONTRACT: Employment contract – Master-servant relationship between employer-employee – Duty to perform duly and faithfully – Foreman misdiagnosed cars on numerous occasions – Whether there was breach of duty by employee – Employee dismissed from employment – Whether dismissal with just cause or excuse

LABOUR LAW: Misconduct – Absenteeism – Excessive medical/sick, emergency and unpaid leaves – Employee dismissed from employment – Duty to attend work – Whether discharged – Whether dismissal with just cause or excuse

LABOUR LAW: Misconduct – Tardiness – Frequent lateness to work – Employee placed under plan for improvement but did not improve – Defiance of employer’s instructions to be punctual – Whether dismissal with just cause or excuse

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ZIN MOHD NOOR lwn. TAIKO ACID WORKS SDN BHD
MAHKAMAH PERUSAHAAN, PERAK
ZULHELMY HASAN
AWARD NO. 668 TAHUN 2023 [NO. KES: 10-4-2520-21]
22 MAC 2023

Abstrak – Hubungan antara pekerja dengan majikan adalah berbentuk fidusiari dan jika seorang pekerja bertindak tidak selari dengan hubungan tersebut, majikan berhak menamatkan perkhidmatannya. Standard Operational Procedure (SOP), yang berperanan sebagai kayu pengukur dalam satu-satu pelaksanaan tugas, memberi panduan dan budi bicara pada majikan untuk membuat penilaian terhadap prestasi kerja yang menjurus pada pelanggaran peraturan dan salah laku yang membawa pada tindakan pemberhentian kerja.

TORT: Kecuaian – Kecuaian pekerja – Kemalangan jalan raya – Pekerja berkhidmat sebagai pemandu lori tanker – Pekerja terlibat dalam kemalangan jalan raya dan menyebabkan kerugian dan kerosakan – Pekerja ditamatkan perkhidmatan – Sama ada kemalangan diakibatkan oleh kecuaian pekerja – Sama ada pekerja bertindak konsisten dengan hubungan fidusiari majikan-pekerja – Sama ada kecuaian pekerja mewajarkan penamatan perkhidmatan

UNDANG-UNDANG BURUH: Pekerjaan – Penamatan – Pekerja berkhidmat sebagai pemandu lori tanker – Pekerja terlibat dalam kemalangan jalan raya dan menyebabkan kerugian dan kerosakan – Pekerja ditamatkan perkhidmatan – Sama ada kemalangan diakibatkan oleh kecuaian pekerja – Sama ada penamatan perkhidmatan atas sebab yang adil dan munasabah

Award	Parties	Citation	Links
	7-Eleven Malaysia Sdn Bhd v. Ashvine Hari Krishnan [Civil Appeal No: W-02(IM)(NCVC)-629-04-2022]	[2023] 2 ILR 209
	Institute Of Technology Petronas Sdn Bhd/Universiti Teknologi Petronas v. Amirul Fairuz Ahmad & Anor [Rayuan Sivil No: A-01(A)-122-02-2020]	[2023] 2 ILR 242
	Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd v. Mohan Vythialingam & Anor And Another Appeal [Civil Appeal Nos: W-01(A)-664-11-2019 & W-01(A)-684-11-2019]	[2023] 2 ILR 264
485/2023	Mohammad Ikhwan Rahman lwn. Seni Design [No. Kes: 6-4-412-22]	[2023] 2 ILR 285
613/2023	Mohammad Fauzi Award v. Motoria Sdn Bhd [Case No: 9-4-1618-21]	[2023] 2 ILR 300
668/2023	Zin Mohd Noor lwn. Taiko Acid Works Sdn Bhd [No. Kes: 10-4-2520-21]	[2023] 2 ILR 317
672/2023	Lim Ee Wan v. Cheetah International Express Sdn Bhd [Case No: 4-4-732-21]	[2023] 2 ILR 342
701/2023	Khairur Rijal Saibu v. Shui Xing Ventures Sdn Bhd [Case No: 7-4-2162-19]	[2023] 2 ILR 358
774/2023	Sivanesan Durairajah v. Aegis BPO Malaysia Sdn Bhd [Case No: 16-4-2489-21]	[2023] 2 ILR 370
837/2023	Azrell Mohamad lwn. National Aerospace & Defence Industries Sdn Bhd [No. Kes: 2-4-2575-21]	[2023] 2 ILR 387
870/2023	Cliford Lawrence Patrick v. Mims Medica Sdn Bhd [Case No: 21(6)-4-2367-19]	[2023] 2 ILR 398

SUBJECT INDEX

1. Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd v. Mohan Vythialingam & Anor And Another Appeal [2023] 2 ILR 264 (CA) quashing Industrial Court award of Mohan Vythialingam v. Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd [2019] 2 ILR 49

2. Institute Of Technology Petronas Sdn Bhd/ Universiti Teknologi Petronas v. Amirul Fairuz Ahmad & Anor [2023] 2 ILR 242 (CA) overruling High Court case of Institute Of Technology Petronas Sdn Bhd/ Universiti Teknologi Petronas v. Amirul Fairuz Ahmad & Anor [2020] 1 LNS 348

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