Do employers need to make profits before they can pay wages?
Can an employer refuse to pay his employees if he runs at a loss? Is an employer excused from paying his employee's wages when there is no 'productivity 'during the ‘lockdown’? The Answer to all ...
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Do Essential Services Workers need to be paid ‘double-pay’?
The answer is a ‘No’. But the Government can change that. Will it? Or will it ask us to dip our hands into our EPF?
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Are temporary workers at risk during the coronavirus ‘lockdown’?
Will temporary workers and daily-paid workers lose their wages during the coronavirus 'lockdown’? We think the answer is a 'No'. Why is that?
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Can an employer refuse to pay his employees’ wages during the ‘lockdown’?
The answer is 'No'. This 'lockdown' is temporary. The employer's obligation to pay continues - unless the 'lockdown' lasts for a long time. In that case, the legal obligation to pay ends: but do not ...
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Is it legal for the Malaysian Government to deploy its Armed Forces?
My view is, No. Why? Start with: 'Which law says this can be done?' Are you, my friend, prepared to come for a 'Constitutional Walk' with me?
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What are the legal consequences of the virulent ‘lockdown’?
Millions of employees cannot go to work. Should they not be paid? Why should employers pay unproductive employees? What about bank loans? And international contracts? Do we need legal amnesties? Is there a way out ...
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