Understanding Labour Laws

9 & 10 September 2014 at MEF Petaling Jaya

HRDF Claimable/SBL Scheme

Objectives

Acquiring up to date information on labour laws is essential to develop sound industrial relations and personnel policies in any organisation. Hence this course is specially designed to provide an overview of the principal legislations in the field of labour.

Topics Covered

• Employment Act 1955

- Scope of the Act

- Contract of service/Contract for service

- Day

- Due inquiry

- Confinement

- Maternity allowance & benefits

- Employment of women

- Rest Day

- Sick leave

- Overtime

- Termination & lay-off benefits

• Industrial Relations Act 1967

- Definition

- Strike

- Lock-outs

- Trade disputes

- Management functions

- Collective bargaining

- Collective agreements

- Representations on dismissal

Who Should Attend

All those involved in handling personnel and industrial relations functions

Trainer

Lt Col ( R ) Hj Mohd Akhir bin Hj Hamzah is Senior Consultant – IR in MEF. He has been with MEF for six years. Prior to joining MEF he was a senior Manager Human Resource at the International Medical University. 

His career in the private sector initially was as a Deputy Registrar at Universiti Tenaga Nasional. He joined UNITEN upon completion of his Masters of Business Administration, University of Wales College of Cardiff UK. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Transport UK. He was a former UiTM student. 

Col Akhir has extensive experience in Industrial Court cases, and conducting Industrial Relations training. He has conducted repeated courses for Bank Rakyat, Pos Malaysia. TNB, CSC, Chartis Insurance and many others.

Course Fees

RM750 per participant, inclusive of seminar materials, refreshments and lunch. Less RM150 for MEF members.

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