The employee desk
For employees & executives
You usually get one chance at an employment claim, on a short clock, against an opponent with a lawyer already. The employee desk exists to level that quickly and honestly — including telling you when there is no case.
Where to start
Start with the two numbers
Every employee matter on our desk begins with the same two computations — a deadline you cannot miss, and a number that says what the matter is worth. Together they turn a distressing situation into a decision you can actually make.
From the effective date of dismissal to file a section 20 representation — fixed in writing at the first meeting. No forum can extend it.
Backwages plus one month per completed year of service where the dismissal is challengeable — or the statutory floor if the Employment Act covers you.
Run them yourself first, if you like: the termination letter check reads your dismissal for red flags and computes the deadline; the severance calculator does the money. Neither replaces advice — both make your first ninety minutes with us sharper.
What we act on
Unfair dismissal
Malaysian law does not let an employer end your employment simply because it wants to.
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Constructive dismissal
Constructive dismissal is the hardest claim on our employee desk — and the one where early advice changes outcomes most.
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Retrenchment, VSS & MSS
Retrenchment is lawful when the redundancy is genuine and the process fair.
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Executive exits
Senior departures are negotiations, not fights.
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Workplace harassment
The law now gives harassed employees more than one road: an internal complaint the employer must take seriously, a tribunal claim for compensation, and — where the employer fails you — the employment claims that failure opens.
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Labour Court claims
Not every employment dispute is about dismissal.
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The clock may already be running.
If a dismissal has happened or is coming, the sixty-day window is the first fact of your case. A RM 480 assessment fixes it — and everything else — in writing.
Mon–Fri 9am–6pm · Sat morning by appointment · +60 3-2202 4188