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MALAYSIAN INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS & EMPLOYMENT LAW
Author: Maimunah Aminuddin
Chapter One
An Overview
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Employment Law
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Defining industrial relations
The focus of industrial relations
Tripartite systems and the key players
Employment legislation
Role of the Ministry of Human Resources
and other key agencies
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Employment Law
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What is industrial relations?
Industrial relations is the relationship
between an employer and his employees,
especially where the employees are members
of a trade union.
Industrial relations is also known as:
Employment relations
Labour relations
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Employment Law
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The focus of industrial relations
Industrial
Relations
Relationship
between
employers &
trade unions
Laws relating to
employment
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Employment Law
Disciplinary
procedures &
termination of
employment
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Who needs to study industrial
relations?
Workers
Trade union leaders
Managers
Lawyers
Human resource management specialists
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Tripartite industrial relations
systems: 3 parties, all inter-related
Employers
Employees &
their
trade unions
The
Government
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Key players in Malaysian industrial
relations
National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC)
Ministry of Human Resources
Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC)
Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF)
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
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The International Labour
Organisation
The ILO is an agency of the United Nations.
It has no powers to enforce any directives or
rules.
It formulates key labour standards which
members, including Malaysia, are expected
to implement.
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Employment laws
Laws providing basic benefits and rights for
employees and employers
Laws establishing a framework for the
industrial relations system
Social security laws
Safety laws
Laws restricting employment of nonMalaysians
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Role of the government in IR
To protect welfare of workers
To promote good employer-employee
relationships through a peaceful IR system
To assist the unemployed find employment
To conduct national level human resource
planning
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Ministry of Human Resources
Departments which play a key role in IR:
Department of Labour
Department of Industrial Relations
Department of Trade Union Affairs
Department of Occupational Safety and
Health
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Other key agencies
The Employees Social Security Organisation
The Employees Provident Fund
The Industrial Court
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Employment Law
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Review
Defining industrial relations
The focus of industrial relations
Tripartite systems and the key players
Employment legislation
Role of the Ministry of Human Resources
and other key agencies
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Employment Law
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