Employment, Labour & Industrial Relations

This practise specialises in handling all matters relating to labour, employment and industrial relations which include matters in the Malaysian Labour Court, Industrial Court and proceedings therefrom to the High Court, Court of Appeal and Federal Court. Owing to the particular demands of Malaysian Industrial Law, the predominant representation of this practice is for, and on behalf of, the employer save for exceptional instances where we may act for the employee.

The advisory aspects of this practice include advise on the preparation, convening and conduct of domestic inquiries, dismissals and termination of employment, retrenchments and reorganisations, matters before and after mergers, outsourcing of departmental functions and the drafting and vetting of employment contracts as well as all matters relating to the transfer, secondment, suspension and retirement of employees. In this regard, as part of its integral service to corporate clients, this practise provides in-house seminars, IR Law training, trouble-shooting and problem-solving workshops as well as talks, workshops and discussion-sessions on current updates, trends and changes in the law.

One aspect of this practise which appears to be in demand with several Multi-National Companies is its ability to provide corporate or business start-up consultancy services which include the drafting and preparation of Contracts of Employment, formulation of In-House HR practices and procedures in the form of Employee Handbooks or Manuals, Intellectual Property & Confidentiality Agreements, Employee’s Computer, Internet & Electronic-Mail Usage Regulations, regulation, implementation and control of In-House Disciplinary Procedures and Codes of Conduct and Ethics at the Workplace to name a few.

Further, in view of the ever increasing need for protection of the Employer’s intellectual property rights, this practise also frequently advises and handles matters pertaining to enforcement of such rights (e.g trade secrets, confidential information and know-how protection) including seeking injunctive relief to protect, preserve and secure such intellectual property and/or to prevent unauthorised disclosure, dissemination and usage of the same.