2024
Minimum wage, maximum stress
Malaysia may have been ranked as the second worst in the world for work-life balance, but the rating was possibly dragged down by two of the nine metrics used, says an employment legal practitioner.
Chia Swee Yik said the minimum wage (about US$1) and LGBTQ+ inclusivity (score 15) seem to have affected Malaysia’s ranking.
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2023
Lawyer: No to ‘sayang’ or ‘dear’ in line with cases in court
Chia Swee Yik said the recently passed Anti-Sexual Harassment Act 2022 that came into force on March 28 was also another factor that paved the way for such a move.
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Companies told to set AI policy (Poll Inside)
“So, this certainly comes with risks to employers such as confidentiality, accuracy of information, and copyright, just to name a few,” said Chia, adding that controls via such policies should be put in place, clearly setting out what the expectations around its use would be.
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‘Days off from work for mental health reasons should be a norm’
Legal practitioner Chia Swee Yik said that under the Employment Act 1955, the protection for health at work is limited to physical health, mainly the protection against the “threat of danger to a person by violence” or “disease”.
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2022
Reduced working hours: ‘No big impact on operations’
Legal practitioner Chia Swee Yik noted that reduced working hours are already a common practice.
“If you look at the current working hours, from 9am to 6pm spread across five days a week, it makes up to 45 hours. And most companies already no longer operate on Saturdays.
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2021
Our partner, Chia Swee Yik, is featured in Sin Chew Daily (星洲日报) to opine legal protections available for proprietors whose tenanted properties were misused for illegal activities.
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