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<table width="90%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#990000" valign="middle" align="center"> <div align="center"><font size="2"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF">Malaysian Labour Laws</font></b></font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <ul> <li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a href="modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=149">Guide to Malaysian Labour Laws (Part 1)</a></font></li> <li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a href="modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=150">Guide to Malaysian Labour Laws (Part 2)</a></font></li> </ul> […]

Vegetable farmers hit hard by labour shortage

The Star
BY NG SI HOOI
Sunday June 5, 2005

PETALING JAYA: Vegetable farmers have been hit hard by a labour shortage, resulting
in a drop in yield and an increase in market prices.

NGOs: New foreign worker policy may cause problems

The Star
BY M. KRISHNAMOORTHY
Saturday May 28, 2005

PETALING JAYA: Yes, it is one way to deal with the immediate labour crunch
but it may well lead to a host of other problems – that is how non-governmental
organisations view the move to allow foreigners coming in on social passes to
apply for work documents.

Malaysia Airlines revamps policies on hiring women after outcry

Malaysiakini.com
Jun 1, 05 9:27am

Malaysia Airlines flight attendants are now permitted to have up to three children,
from a previous limit of two, after the carrier was forced to revise its hiring
policies, officials said today.

Federal Court reasoning described as 'archaic'

Malaysiakini.com
Tony Thien
May 30, 05 12:59pm

The Federal Court’s decision to reject an appeal by former air stewardess
Beatrice Fernandez has been criticised as ‘archaic reasoning”.

Ex-stewardess 'bound by CA'

The Star
BY CHELSEA L.Y. NG
Saturday May 28, 2005

PUTRAJAYA: When former stewardess Beatrice Fernandez agreed to work with Malaysia
Airlines, she had also consented to be bound by the terms of a collective agreement
with the national carrier.

Uniform

<table width="90%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> <p></p> <p><b>I nak tanya kalau sesebuah syarikat inginkan staffnya memakai baju beruniform, ada tak dalam labour law nyatakan syarikat perlu bayar allowance?</b></p> <p><b><i>(If a company wants its staff to wear uniforms, is there anything in the Labour Law that says that the company must pay for uniform […]

Dismissal

<table width="90%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F2F2F2"> <p><b><font color="#990000">Dismissal</font></b></p> <p><b>I’ve been recruited by a company with the legal employment agreement and I<br> have been working there for few days. One day, the management suddenly<br> announced that the company is going to dismiss all of us due to the partnership matters.</b></p> <p><b>Will I get the […]