A security guard filed a claim for overtime, annual leave and public holiday wages against his employer. After negotiations, the employer agreed to pay RM58,000 as the settled amount.

Deputy Minister of Human Resources said that only 50% of the 34,248 employers inspected since February until today complied with the Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446).

Garden leave is used to describe a period when a worker keeps their job, receives full wages, and does not report to work. But, there's more!

Deputy HR Minister Datuk Awang Hashim said that the report on the minimum wage review would be completed by the end of 2021 and presented its study by early 2022.

These proposed amendments aim to improve workers' safety, health, and welfare, as well as keep up with today's world, such as the work from home arrangement.

A properly executed Mutual Separation Agreement is a powerful defence against an argument that the employee was dismissed. 

The Court of Appeal upheld a High Court ruling that a dismissed employee who is asked to return to work with the same employer is only entitled to a maximum of 24 months in backwages for the period they were out of the job. 

In this particular case, the Court of Appeal decided that senior-level employees could not push or divert their responsibilities to their subordinates.

The Ministry of Human Resources has dismissed reports by news portals that it has suspended the implementation of Act 446.

A state-owned institution has reinstated its employees' 50% salary cut. The college staff are now pleading to the Sabah state government to step in and assist.