Termination of Employment Due to Covid 19: Issue, Challenges and Countermeasures in Malaysia

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10.2991/978-2-494069-59-6_4How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Covid 19; employee; protection; termination

Abstract

The purpose of this research regarding the termination of employees due to Covid-19 has convey us the reality of working world that has badly affected both employees and employer during this pandemic. This research focuses on the conditions of lawful termination, difference of termination between local and foreigners and to know the rights of employees to get compensation if they were being terminated unlawfully. This research has given a better understanding about the rights as an employer and employee in order to prevent injustice to any of the party. Malaysia has done little to protect low-wage workers from the effects of Covid-19 which could hurt the economy thus, the Government is urge to enact new laws in governing this issue. Thus, surviving this pandemic while sustaining a business and jobs should be done two ways, an agreement should be made by employer and employees if both of them agreed to use another initiative rather than termination, this is to ensure that employee’s rights are still preserved if they were protected under Employment Act 1955 and to prevent the employer from taking advantage of the employees when they decided that they can negotiate the terms given by the company.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Siti Marshita Binti Mahyut
AU  - Iryani Akmal Binti M. Bakri
AU  - Goh You Ngee
AU  - Kaausalya Rai Bt Mohd Izham
AU  - Sim Li Ying
AU  - Tay Ying Zhi
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/22
TI  - Termination of Employment Due to Covid 19: Issue, Challenges and Countermeasures in Malaysia
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Law and Digitalization (ICLD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 35
EP  - 46
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-59-6_4
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-59-6_4
ID  - BintiMahyut2022
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