Course Fee
RM 1, 590 (inclusive SST) per participant
 
INTRODUCTION
The Labour Ordinance (Sarawak Chapter 76) is a piece of legislation designed to safeguard the rights and welfare of employees in the state. It serves as a framework for ensuring that employers provide fair and just treatment to their workers and lays out the standards and procedures that employers must follow to comply with the law.
It is important for employers to have the right knowledge of the different interpretation and applications of the Ordinance to avoid unnecessary litigation process such as compound, prosecution and complaints from employees.
This workshop is designed to focus on the applications of Ordinance with discussions and evaluations of real cases decided by the Labour Court and Civil Court. It also provide participants with the strategies in order to ensure the proper implementation of the Ordinance and its foreseeable changes.
 
OBJECTIVES
1. To understand the key provisions of the Labour Ordinance (Sarawak Cap. 76) and its appropriate implementations.
2. To comprehend the implementation of the Ordinance with reference to decided cases at the Labour Court & appeals at Civil Courts.
3. To provide participants with the knowledge and skills in the effective applications of the Ordinance at the workplace and in addressing its foreseeable changes.
 
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
▪ Human Resources/Industrial Relations practitioners/officers
▪ Head of Department/Units
▪ Operations Managers, Supervisors and staff at Management Level
 
Course Outline
Day 1
• Key definitions / interpretations
• Register/Returns & Labour Rules
• Contract of Service & Rules on Contents of Contract
• Types of Employment: Permanent/Part Time/Casual/Contract for Service
• Hours of Work, Overtime, Rest Day, Leave & Holiday
• Wages Payment, Advances & Deductions
 
Day 2
• Termination of Contract, Termination & Lay-off Benefits & The Application of Related Rules
• Complaint & Inquiries - Labour Court Procedures
• Special Employment: Women, Children & Young Person & Non-resident
• Proposed Changes to Labour Ordinance (Sarawak Chapter 76): Reflections to Employment Act (Amendment 2022)
 
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DR DZULZALANI EDEN is the Director – MEF Academy with more than 30 years experience in the field of labour and industrial relations. Prior to joining the Malaysian Employers Federation, he began his career in 1990 with the Ministry of Human Resources, where he had held various positions namely as Labour Inspector, Senior Labour Officer cum Industrial Relations Officer and Senior Assistant Director of Labour at the Department of Labour Sarawak as well as at the Ministry’s Putrajaya office. The main duties carried out in these roles include enforcement of labour laws through workplace inspection, conciliation and arbitration of labour complaints and dismissal cases, advisory roles, other labour matters and consultations with the public.
 
In 2014 he joined Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and pursued a role as a Senior Lecturer of Industrial Relations and Labour Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities teaching labour and industrial relations laws, negotiation and trade unions. He has also taught industrial relations and labour laws at Univeristi Malaysia Sabah. A strong educational professional having a doctorate in industrial relations and human resource management from Victoria University, Melbourne, he is also a certified trainer with the Human Resources Development Corporation (HRDC), Ministry of Human Resources.