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The termination letter check

Dismissals that turn out to be challengeable tend to look alike. This check reads your situation against the ten patterns we see most at case assessments — and computes what is left of your sixty-day window. Nothing you tick leaves your browser.

Tick every statement that matches your situation or your termination letter:

SERIOUS An employer must be able to show just cause or excuse. A reason invented later reads like one.
SERIOUS Section 12 of the Employment Act 1955 sets minimum notice of 4–8 weeks by length of service, or salary in lieu.
URGENT Section 14 requires due inquiry before dismissal on misconduct grounds. Skipping it is the classic process failure.
URGENT A release signed under pressure can end a claim you did not know you had. Never sign in the room.
URGENT A redundancy that is refilled is not genuine. Keep a copy of the advertisement.
SERIOUS Malaysian practice expects foreign employees in the affected category to be released first.
URGENT A resignation extracted under threat can amount to a forced resignation — a dismissal in law.
SERIOUS Earned wages are owed, not bargaining chips. Withholding them is itself actionable in the Labour Court.
NOTE Probationers have unfair dismissal protection too — with backwages capped at 12 months instead of 24.
URGENT The section 20 window closes at 60 days and cannot be extended by anyone. Act this week.

No flags ticked yet — tick what applies and we'll read it with you.

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This check is general information, not legal advice — it cannot see your documents. The 60-day computation assumes the date you enter is the effective date of dismissal, which itself often needs legal confirmation.

What to do with the result

One flag is a question; three flags are a case assessment. Bring the termination letter, your appointment letter and last three payslips — with those, ninety minutes is enough to fix your deadline, price the claim against the Industrial Court's conventions, and decide whether conciliation, the Labour Court or a negotiated exit is the right first move. If more than forty-five days have passed since dismissal, call today rather than book online: +60 3-2202 4188.

The companion tool computes the money side: the severance & notice calculator →

Flags found? The clock is the next fact to fix.

The sixty-day limit under s.20 IRA 1967 is jurisdictional — no forum can extend it. An assessment fixes your dates in writing this week.

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