INTRODUCTION
The Employment Act is a fundamental law which provides minimum terms of employment to those recognised as employees under the Act. This course will address all relevant provisions which need to be understood by those who manage employees at the workplace. The understanding and compliance of labour laws is crucial to enhancing good employer/employee relationships. The quality of performance and productivity is crucial to any employer, but industrial harmony and the maintenance of it is equally important to the employee. Without industrial harmony, it is unlikely that the employer would be able to achieve the standards of production expected from his employees.
OBJECTIVES
- To equip participants with the basic understanding of the Employment Act 1955.
- To raise awareness of participants on the importance of good labour management relations.
SPEAKER
Heng Poh Suan started his career as a Labour Officer in Kuala Kangsar in 1975. At the Labour Department he was enforcing the various Labour Legislations. In 1983 he was transferred to the Industrial Relations Department. He was the Assistant Director of Industrial Relations from 1983 till 2001. He left the Industrial Relations Department in 2002 to join the Malaysian Employers Federation as their Industrial Relations Consultant. In 2005 he joined the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers as their Human Resource/Industrial Relations Advisor. He had been conducting public as well as in house training programs relating to employment laws, discipline & misconduct and domestic inquiries procedures for member companies. In his capacity as the HR/IR Advisor in FMM, he was advising member companies on the compliance and implementation of the various labour legislations, disciplinary issues as well as issues arising out of their collective agreements with their unions. He left FMM at the end of June 2021 and is currently a HR/IR Consultant and Trainer on HR/IR topics.