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Malaysian Employment Law : Asia Employment Law Congress...
21 Jun 2017 | Donovan and Ho updatesOur partner Donovan Cheah was invited to speak on Malaysian employment law at the Asia Employment Law Congress 2017 in Singapore on 13 – 14 June 2017. The event was...
First Charge Under the Personal Data Protection Act...
06 Jun 2017 | Personal Data ProtectionIn early May 2017, a company in the educational industry was charged under the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 ("PDPA") for processing the personal data of former employees without a certificate...
E-Signing: What You Need to Know
31 May 2017 | CorporateWith all the technology available to us in today’s globalised world, it is common for transactions to not always be located in the same place. Among the business jet-set, there...
Drug and Alcohol Abuse at the Workplace
22 May 2017 | Employment LawWhat are some of the issues that could arise when there is alcohol/drug use at the workplace? Drug or alcohol abuse in the workplace may result in: mistakes, accidents and...
Employment Act amendments to be tabled in January...
19 May 2017 | Employment LawMinister of Human Resources, Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem has stated that proposed amendments to the Malaysian Employment Act 1955 will be tabled in Parliament in January 2018. According to...
Incorporating a Company in Malaysia – Companies Act...
17 May 2017 | CorporateNote: This article was written by Gwendoline Choy and was first published on Asia Law Network. The Companies Act 2016 and Companies Regulations 2017 (“new Act”) have mostly come into...
9 Key Steps to Setting Up Business in...
08 May 2017 | CorporateNote: This article was written by Shawn Ho and was first published on Asia Law Network. Whether you are a local or a foreigner who has decided to set up...
What Exactly Is Emergency Leave?
05 May 2017 | Employment LawAlthough employees may be entitled to a certain amount of annual leave, they do not have the discretion to go on leave at any time of their choosing and must...
Forms of Sexual Harassment
27 Apr 2017 | Employment Law[et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="section" _builder_version="3.22"][et_pb_row admin_label="row" _builder_version="3.25" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" _builder_version="4.9.3" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"]Brickfields Asia College (“BAC”) recently made headlines for the wrong...
Unfair Dismissal in Malaysia – Is there a...
21 Apr 2017 | Employment Law[et_pb_section admin_label="section"][et_pb_row admin_label="row"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"] Note: This article was written by Donovan Cheah, and was first published in the March/April 2017 edition of MGCC Perspectives,...
Do Employers Have To Observe Sudden Public Holidays?
20 Apr 2017 | Employment Law24 April 2017 has been declared as a public holiday to celebrate the installation of Sultan Muhammad V as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong. The declaration was made pursuant to the...
Malaysian Withholding Tax for Technical Services performed on...
14 Apr 2017 | Corporate[et_pb_section admin_label="section"][et_pb_row admin_label="row"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"] Having received several queries on whether the changes to the Withholding Tax provisions in the Budget 2017 proposals (mentioned in our...