The Irregularity of Monetary Compensation Remedies for Unfair Dismissal in Malaysia
Ketidakseragaman Remedi Pampasan Kewangan untuk Pemecatan Tidak Adil di Malaysia
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https://doi.org/10.53840/muwafaqat.v6i1.136Keywords:
Monetary compensation, back wages, employees, unfair dismissalAbstract
The law of employment dictates that the remedy of monetary compensation should be awarded to compensate an innocent employee for the loss of employment. The assessment of monetary compensation is duly under the judge’s discretion made based on the provided facts and evidence. The court may award the remedy of monetary compensation by taking into account of circumstances of the cases. The court applies certain principles (such as the duty to mitigate loss) in both remedies of monetary compensation (in lieu of reinstatement) and back wages. This type of compensation is provided to accommodate the future earnings of the employee who suffered from unfair dismissal. This paper investigated the irregularity of award evaluation in Malaysian unfair dismissal cases with the goal of suggesting a methodical assessment guideline for such cases. This study used a black letter approach which is ideal for examining theoretical, doctrinal, or pure legal review requiring library information search. All relevant legislative provisions and wrongful dismissal decisions resolved by the Industrial Court were extensively explored in this paper.
Undang-undang pekerjaan menetapkan bahawa remedi pampasan kewangan harus diberikan untuk membayar pampasan kepada pekerja yang tidak bersalah atas kehilangan pekerjaan. Penilaian pampasan kewangan adalah di bawah budi bicara hakim yang dibuat berdasarkan fakta dan bukti yang diberikan. Mahkamah boleh memberikan remedi pampasan kewangan dengan mengambil kira keadaan kes. Mahkamah menggunakan prinsip tertentu (seperti kewajipan untuk mengurangkan kerugian) dalam kedua-dua remedi pampasan kewangan (sebagai ganti pengembalian semula) dan gaji belakang. Pampasan jenis ini disediakan untuk menampung pendapatan masa depan pekerja yang mengalami pemecatan yang tidak adil. Makalah ini mengkaji ketidakteraturan penilaian anugerah dalam kes pemecatan yang tidak adil di Malaysia dengan matlamat mencadangkan garis panduan penilaian berkaedah bagi kes sedemikian. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan doktrinal yang sesuai untuk mengkaji kajian teori, doktrin atau undang-undang tulen yang memerlukan carian maklumat perpustakaan. Semua peruntukan perundangan yang berkaitan dan keputusan pemecatan salah yang diselesaikan oleh Mahkamah Perusahaan juga dibincangkan dengan terperinci di dalam makalah ini.
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