Employees dismissal cases: analysis of the Industrial Court Awards

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2007
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Mohd Zaki, Abdul Khalil (Haji )
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Analysis of the Industrial Court awards related to dismissal cases have shown that there were six types of misconduct in organizations such as absenteeism, insubordination, poor performance, dishonesty, violation of rules and negligence. This study examines what factors were taken into consideration by the Industrial Court to justify the dismissal in each type of misconduct. Besides, this study examines what are the reasons employers lost their cases in the Industrial Court. Understanding the causes of dismissal and reasons the court decided in favour of employees will help the organizations to improve their procedures and management systems particularly in termination action. In taking a dismissal action against an employee, the employer must comply with the principle of "just cause and excuse", otherwise, the employer will be liable to pay unnecessary compensation to the employee for a wrongful dismissal.
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Dismissal Cases
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