SUBJECT INDEX

COMPANY LAW

Directors – Personal liability – Whether directors of company jointly and severally liable for Employees Provident Fund contributions due and payable – Whether directors may be sued independent of company – Employees Provident Fund Act 1991, ss. 46
Mohd Abdul Karim Abdullah & Ors v. Lembaga Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja
(Abang Iskandar PCA, Abdul Rahman Sebli CJ & Zabariah Mohd Yusof FCJ) [2025] 4 ILR 1

LABOUR LAW

Employment – Dismissal – Misconduct – Employee falsified medical certificate by altering period of sick leave without authorisation – Employee found guilty of misconduct and dismissed from employment – Whether punishment harsh and excessive considering employee’s long service and clean record – Whether long service and unblemished record could outweigh seriousness of misconduct – Whether punishment of dismissal proportionate to gravity of misconduct – Whether employee dismissed with just cause and excuse – Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20
Mageswary Rajagopal v. Jumewah Shipping Sdn Bhd
(Pravin Kaur Jessy) [2025] 4 ILR 105

Employment – Dismissal – Misconduct – Sexual harassment – Employee dismissed from employment after being found guilty for charges of sexual harassment – Whether allegations of sexual harassment proven – Whether delay in lodging report fatal to victim’s claim – Whether victim’s failure to lodge police report fatal to disciplinary proceedings – Jurisdiction of Industrial Court to hear claim without police report – Whether employee dismissed with just cause or excuse – Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30(5)
Amran Mahmud v. Syarikat Sesco Berhad
(Mohd Taufik Mohd Yusoff) [2025] 4 ILR 17

Employment – Dismissal – Misconduct – Pattern of misconduct – Allegations of lack of accountability and defiant behaviour – Employee dismissed from employment – Whether allegations proven – Whether misconduct established – Whether employee dismissed from employment with just cause or excuse – Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30(5) Tan Chin Seng v. Pan-Asia Property Management Sdn Bhd
(Amrik Singh) [2025] 4 ILR 65

Employment – Dismissal – Misconduct – Sexual harassment – Verbal sexual harassment – Complaint by female employee of verbal sexual harassment by male employee – Male employee dismissed from employment – Whether words complained of sexual in nature – Whether remarks had sexual overtones or innuendo – Whether constituted sexual harassment – Whether pattern of similar unwelcome conduct towards other female staff admissible as evidence to fortify allegation of sexual harassment – Whether dismissal with just cause and excuse – Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3)
Camillius Casimir v. Genting Malaysia Berhad
(Paramalingam J Doraisamy) [2025] 4 ILR 177

Employment – Dismissal – Probationer – Misconduct – Insubordination at work, tardiness at work, absence without authorised leave and refusal to return employee’s properties – Whether employee guilty of misconduct – Whether misconduct constituted just cause or excuse for dismissal – Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30(5)
Lee Mei Yin v. Public Bank Berhad
(Rusita Md Lazim) [2025] 4 ILR 42

Employment – Dismissal – Probationer – Poor performance – Allegations that probationer was underperforming – Failed to complete tasks – Probationer dismissed from employment before completion of probationary period – Whether reasons for dismissal had been made out – Whether dismissal made with just cause or excuse – Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 20(3) & para. 2 of Second Schedule
Nasrul Ain Ahmad v. Excelvite Sdn Bhd
(Jeyaseelen T Anthony) [2025] 4 ILR 86

Employment – Dismissal – Retrenchment – Employee retrenched from employment – Employer cited redundancy as reason for retrenchment – Managerial prerogative of employer to reorganise and restructure business – True test for retrenchment – Whether there was surplus of labour – Whether employee’s duties redundant – Whether employer facing financial difficulties – Whether retrenchment had violated principle of ‘last in first out’ (LIFO) – Whether dismissal had violated employee’s legitimate expectation to be employed by employer up to age of retirement – Whether retrenchment bona fide – Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30(5)
Ng Sin Leong v. BT Systems (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
(Ahmad Razif Mohd Sidek) [2025] 4 ILR 152

Employment – Dismissal – Retrenchment – Redundancy – Claimant retrenched eight days after commencing employment – Employer failed to adduce evidence to justify redundancy – Whether termination based on redundancy was with just cause or excuse – Whether dismissal mala fide and without just cause or excuse – Whether claimant entitled to bonus salary – Whether bonus constituted variable payment – Industrial Relations Act 1967, ss. 20(3) & 30(1A)
Lau Wan Ching v. CSPC Pharma (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
(Syed Noh Said Nazir) [2025] 4 ILR 121

PROVIDENT FUND

Arrears of contribution – Recovery of arrears of Employees Provident Fund (‘EPF’) contributions – Whether directors of company jointly and severally liable for EPF contributions due and payable – Whether directors may be sued independent of company – Employees Provident Fund Act 1991, s. 46
Mohd Abdul Karim Abdullah & Ors v. Lembaga Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja
(Abang Iskandar PCA, Abdul Rahman Sebli CJ & Zabariah Mohd Yusof FCJ) [2025] 4 ILR 1

Liability of employer – Directors of company – Whether directors of company jointly and severally liable for Employees Provident Fund contributions due and payable – Whether directors may be sued independent of company – Employees Provident Fund Act 1991, ss. 46
Mohd Abdul Karim Abdullah & Ors v. Lembaga Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja
(Abang Iskandar PCA, Abdul Rahman Sebli CJ & Zabariah Mohd Yusof FCJ) [2025] 4 ILR 1

STATUTORY INTERPRETATION

Construction of statutes – Interpretation – Employees Provident Fund Act 1991, s. 46 – Whether barred Employees Provident Fund (‘EPF’) from naming director only in claim for EPF contributions due and payable – Whether directors of company jointly and severally liable for EPF contributions due and payable
Mohd Abdul Karim Abdullah & Ors v. Lembaga Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja
(Abang Iskandar PCA, Abdul Rahman Sebli CJ & Zabariah Mohd Yusof FCJ) [2025] 4 ILR 1

INDEKS PERKARA

UNDANG-UNDANG BURUH

Pekerjaan – Penamatan – Penamatan terancang – Ketiadaan kontrak perkhidmatan – Kegagalan majikan membayar gaji – Tindakan majikan berdiam diri terhadap pertanyaan oleh pekerja tentang status perkhidmatan – Sama ada pekerja telah ditamatkan perkhidmatan – Sama ada terdapat keterangan yang menyokong hubungan majikan-pekerja – Sama ada terdapat penamatan terancang – Sama ada penamatan dibuat dengan sebab atau alasan adil – Akta Perhubungan Perusahaan 1967, s. 20(3)
Rosli Osman lwn. Singhco Traders Sdn Bhd
(Mohd Zulbahrin Zainuddin) [2025] 4 ILR 198

Pekerjaan – Penamatan – Pihak menuntut berkhidmat sebagai Pengurus Sumber Manusia – Pihak menuntut diarahkan oleh pihak pengurusan majikan untuk menamatkan perkhidmatan pekerja – Pihak menuntut bertindak atas arahan dan menamatkan perkhidmatan pekerja – Pihak menuntut dituduh menamatkan perkhidmatan pekerja tanpa mengikut tatacara yang digariskan oleh majikan dan undang-undang berkaitan – Pihak menuntut ditamatkan perkhidmatan – Sama ada hukuman pembuangan kerja setimpal – Sama ada majikan turut menanggung tanggungjawab – Sama ada penamatan perkhidmatan pihak menuntut dibuat dengan sebab dan alasan yang adil – Akta Perhubungan Perusahaan 1967, s. 20(3)
Nur Saedy Anuar lwn. Adabi Consumer Industries Sdn Bhd
(Andersen Ong Wai Leong) [2025] 4 ILR 134