Reference

[1] This is a reference made under s 20(3) of the Industrial Relations Act 1967 ("The Act") arising out of the dismissal of Mohd Azhar bin Atan ("Claimant") by Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad ("Company") on the 3 December 2019.

[2] The Ministerial reference in this case required the court to hear and determine the Claimant's complaint of dismissal by the Company on 3 December 2019.

[3] This court considered the notes of proceedings, documents and cause papers in handing down this Award namely:

(i) Statement of Case dated 3 August 2020

(ii) Statement in Reply dated 24 November 2020

(iii) Rejoinder dated 2 December 2020

(iv) Claimant's Bundle of Documents - CLB-1, CLB-2, CLB-3, CLB-4

(v) Company's Bundle of Documents - COB-1, COB-2, COB-3

(vi) Claimant's Witness Statement - CLW-1S (Mohd Azhar bin Atan)

(vii) Company's Witness Statement - COWS-1 (Vasuthevan a/l S Gopalakrishnan), COWS-2 (Sanisah binti Wan Abdul Kadir), COWS-3 (Mastura binti Md Mukhlis), COWS-4 (Noorfazilah binti Rebatin), COWS-5 (Mohamed Firdaus OAP Kader Mohideen), COWS-6 (Mohd Seeddiq bin Adenan), COWS-7 (Shazalina binti Ahmad), COWS-8 (Dato' Charon Wardini)

(viii) Claimant's W