Employee termination is never a positive experience. Nonetheless, employers and HR professionals must be aware that certain laws, for example, the Labour Relations Act (LRA) 1967 and the Employment Act 1955, in addition to contract and case law in Malaysia, govern the process.

On November 19, Malaysians will cast ballots in the 15th general election to select the party that will receive a fresh five-year mandate to govern the country. The country has experienced political unrest since the most recent elections in 2018, a time when three prime ministers have served the country. The polls are supposed to bring about some tranquilly.

Here are the tasks that every HR professional has to accomplish before 2023 arrives.

The right to transfer an employee is a well-established principle in Malaysian employment and industrial relations law, and the Industrial Court would rarely interfere with it.

While not everyone is comfortable discussing personal health difficulties, it is critical that employers are informed of the various forms of mental illness simply by fostering mental health awareness within the organisation.

Every company should have an employee handbook. Unfortunately, even in companies that use them, some employees would not read them. According to Careercafe, 43% of millennials need not read the whole handbook, based on GuideSpark data. Worse, 11% do not even open the handbook.

Ending an employee's employment with a company is referred to as termination. An employee might be fired from their job voluntarily or due to an employer's decision. Employers may terminate employees for various reasons, including laying off workers, poor job performance, and redundancies.

Staff or employees will inevitably be absent from the workplace. At some point, staff members will become ill or injured and occasionally require time off to attend to personal or family matters.

Ageism in the workplace is still a problem. The pandemic has served as a particularly unpleasant reminder for some people.

The realization that you might have made a poor hiring decision is concerning. You, as the Employer, can evaluate their skills and talents and suitability in the company during this probation period. Similarly, the probationer can decide whether or not to stay in the organization after the period has ended.