THE EMPLOYER’S RIGHTS TO HIRE AND TO FIRE

27-28 Oct, 2025, CONCORDE HOTEL KUALA LUMPUR

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PUAN SURAIYA CH’NG ABDULLAH is the Director of Industrial Relations, Selangor.


WORKING EXPERIENCES
1. Director, Industrial Relations, Selangor
Duration : 16 May 2023 – Now
2. Deputy Director, Labour Standards Division, JTKSM Putrajaya
Duration : Feb 2021 – 15 May 2023
3. Principle Assistant Director, Legal and Enforcement Division, JTKSM Putrajaya
Duration : Feb 2019 - 2021
4. Director, Labour Department, Melaka
Duration : 2015 - Feb 2019
5. Counsellor of Labour, High Commission of Malaysia, Singapore
Duration : 2013 – 2015
6. Director, Industrial Relations Department, Sarawak
Duration : 2011-2013
7. Principle Assistant Director, Industrial Relations Department, Perak
Duration : 2008-2011
8. Assistant Director of Labour at Perak and Putrajaya,
Duration : 1993-2008


FIELD OF EXPERTISE
Puan Suraiya with the Degree of Bachelor of Art in Southeast Asia Studies (UM), she has vast experience in the field of Human Resources Management and Labour Laws for more than 30 years and currently is the Director of Industrial Relations, Selangor. Besides that, she is also a Certified Trainer from HRDCorp.


She is an experienced trainer in the subject matter as she is a hands-on practitioner. Many cases that she shares with her participants are often real-life examples and solutions that she had encounter during she career as Assistant Director, Principal Assistant Director and State Director of Labour and now as Director in Department of Industrial Relations, Selangor complete her experience in HR.


She is also exposed to the international Labour / Employment Issues where she served two and half years as Counsellor of Labour in High Commission of Malaysia in Singapore. During her service in Singapore, she has given talks to Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and given advice to the private companies in Singapore about The Employment Act 1955 in Malaysia.


With her experiences in Malaysia and Singapore, she has developed and delivered many training programs, in-house and public such as: -
a) Employment Act 1955
b) Industrial Relations Act 1967
c) Trade Union Act 1959
d) Managing Discipline and Misconduct
e) Managing Misconduct and Domestic Inquiry
f) Prevention and Eradication of Sexual Harassment at Workplace
g) Practicing Basic Human Rights in Employment Through Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), and
h) Payroll Administration.

 

Among the many well-established organizations that have benefited from her expertise are Jabatan Tenaga Kerja (JTK), Stamford College, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, INPRIM Melaka, Trade Unions, TM Melaka, Kebangsaan Pekerja-Pekerja Simen Semenanjung Malaysia, Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja UMW,
Western Digital, Panasonics, UTP and others.

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CONCORDE HOTEL KUALA LUMPUR
2 Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
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FOCUSING ON
  • Module 1 – EMPLOYER’S RIGHTS TO HIRE
  • Contract Of Service Or Contract For Service
  • Contract Of Service In The Employment Act 1955
  • Employer’s And Employee’s Rights And Responsibilities
  • Types Of Contracts Of Service
  • Module 2 – EMPLOYER’S RIGHTS TO FIRE
  • Definition Of Termination And Retrenchment
  • Termination In The Employment Act 1955
  • Termination Benefits – Employment Regulation 1980
    (Regulation Of Termination And Lay Off Benefits)
  • Grounds Of Dismissal With Industrial Court Cases
  • Types Of Retrenchment
  • Procedures
  • Remedies
 
AFTER ATTENDING THIS COURSE YOU WILL RETURN TO YOUR JOB…
  1. Understanding the importance of the terms
    and conditions of a Contract Of Services
    under Employment Act 1955 and the Company Procedures, Rules and Regulations and
    Collective Agreement.
  2. Knowing the rights of the Employer and Employee’s when one is hired or when one is fired and the benefits that come with it.
  3. Knowing better the rights of Employers And Employees and their functions
    and responsibilities.
  4. Knowing the differences between dismissal, termination and retrenchment under the laws.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
General Managers, Managers, Heads of Department / Division, Human Resources Managers or any personnel who has human resource functional responsibility and Supervisors.
METHODOLOGY
This course is essentially participative. There will be group interaction and interactive lectures.
DAY 1
 

Day 1: MODULE 1 – EMPLOYER’S RIGHTS TO HIRE

9:00

CONTRACT OF SERVICE OR CONTRACT FOR SERVICE

 

CONTRACT OF SERVICE IN THE EMPLOYMENT ACT 1955

 

EMPLOYER’S AND EMPLOYEE’S RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1:00 Lunch
2:00

TYPES OF CONTRACTS OF SERVICE

  • Permanent Contract
  • Temporary Contract
  • Part Time Contract
  • Fix-Term Contract
5:00 End of Day 1
DAY 2
 

Day 2: MODULE 2 – EMPLOYER’S RIGHTS TO FIRE

9:00

DEFINITION OF TERMINATION AND RETRENCHMENT

  • Ref..: Industrial Court Award No. 66/79.
  • Ref.: De.A. Dutt Vs. Assunta Hospital (1981), MLJ 304.
10.45

TERMINATION IN THE EMPLOYMENT ACT 1955

  • Termination Of Contract Of Service
  • Breach Of Contract
  • Termination On Special Reasons
12.00

TERMINATION BENEFITS – EMPLOYMENT REGULATION.
(REGULATION OF TERMINATION AND LAY OFF BENEFITS) 1980

1:00 Lunch
2:00

GROUNDS OF DISMISSAL WITH INDUSTRIAL COURT CASES

  • Resignation
  • Force Resignation
  • Retirement
  • Non-Confirmation Of Probationary Period
  • The Expiration Of The Fixed Contract
  • Frustration Of Contract
  • Constructive Dismissal – Breach Of Contract
 

TYPES OF RETRENCHMENT

  • Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS)
  • Mutual Separation Scheme (MSS)
  • Collective Separation Scheme (CSS)
  • The concept of LIFO (Last in, First out)
3:45

PROCEDURES

  • Employment Acts 1955 And Industrial Relation Act 1967.
  • Code Of Conduct For Industrial Harmony 1975. (Article 41 & 42)
 

REMEDIES

  • Employment Act 1955
  • Industrial Relations Act 1967
  • Civil Claims
5:00 End of Course