Social Media Privacy in the Workplace in Malaysia Social media giants such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram have been deemed as part of our day to day lifestyle in our online content consumption. We see many articles, videos or even a simple food post can be a viral sensation albeit its content nature. Many at […]
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Can The Employer Give Different Punishment for The Same Misconduct? To illustrate this topic, we take a look at the case of Harianto Effendy Bin Zakaria & 8 Others v Industrial Court of Malaysia and another on the right employers have to impose differing punishment on employees who have committed the same misconduct. Differing punishment […]
The Effect of Vague Charges in a Domestic Inquiry A domestic inquiry is a proceeding held by an employer to determine whether or not an employee is guilty of the charges levelled against him. The domestic inquiry provides an accused employee with an opportunity to defend himself against specific charges. Key issues which need to […]
What is new in Gender Discrimination in Employment in Malaysia? Discrimination generally means treating someone differently and less favorably on the basis of some characteristic such as age, gender, race or religion. Gender-based discrimination is an adverse action or differential treatment against a person that would not have occurred if the person was of another […]
Can an Employer simply transfer an Employee in Malaysia? Transferring an Employee – Is it an employer’s prerogative to transfer employees in Malaysia? Let’s start with this. If you look at the copy of your employment contract or offer letter, you might come across this content which reads “In light of the business requirements of […]
The Generations In The Workplace Today An interesting infograph on today’s generations which is commonly found in your workplace. This is based on a survey of 1,200 workers across different generations measuring their strengths and weaknesses specifically on the Baby Boomers, Gen X and the Millennials. Based on these 3 generations, they are sorted out […]
Powerful Tips To Retain Your Best Employees LinkedIn recently released its new analysis data that leads to many HR Managers believe or suspected that the Millennials change their jobs like a lot. The analysis shows that an average of one shift 2.5 years during the first decade straight out of college or university to be […]
Amendment of Schedule on Minimum Retirement Age Order 2016 We just got the latest news that the Minister of Human Resources has recently introduced the Minimum Retirement Age (Amendment of Schedule) Order 2016 on 23rd September 2016. At MyFreelys Academy, we took the liberty to provide a copy which you can download it for your further reference […]
2017 HRDF Claimable Training Programs Calendar We’ve released the 2017 HRDF Claimable Training Programs Calendar for the benefit of our HR Managers and Training Managers in Malaysia. We hope this training calendar is able to help you in your planning and execution towards your organisation’s training needs. DOWNLOAD IT HERE MyFreelys Academy HRDF Training Program […]
Getting Ready For Collective Bargaining Process in Malaysia (a) Once a Trade Union is accorded recognition under Section 9 of I.R. Act the Union has the right to invite the employer to commence collective bargaining on behalf of all the employees (except those in the managerial, executive, confidential, personnel and security capacity). The Union has […]