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2015 MarsdenLR 628
INDUSTRIAL COURT KUALA LUMPUR
RAMIDAH RAHIM – Appellant
Versus
MALAYSIA AIRLINES SYSTEM BERHAD – Respondent
Award No: 251 Of 2015 [Case No: 12/4-358/14]
Consolidation of cases involving similar facts and issues under the Industrial Relations Act is permissible.
Headnote:The judgment concerns a ministerial reference under s 20(3) of the Industrial Relations Act 1967 regarding an employee's dismissal. On 6 November 2013, Ramidah Binti Rahim was dismissed by the Company. The court determined that the cases involving the same facts and issues were to be consolidated for hearing. The court ordered the consolidation of the cases on 16 February 2015, recognizing the similarities among them.
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| 1. dismissal of an employee. (Para 1) |
| 2. request for consolidation of cases. (Para 2) |
| 3. court orders case consolidation. (Para 3) |
[1] This is a ministerial reference pursuant to s 20(3) of the Industrial Relations Act 1967 concerning the dismissal of Ramidah Binti Rahim (the Claimant) by Malaysia Airlines System Berhad (the Company) on 6 November 2013.
[2] On 16 February 2015, Mr. Adonis Lim Eong Puay, Counsel for the Company and Dato' K. Rakhbir Singh, Counsel for the Claimant in the present Case and in Case No.: 12/4-583/14, and Datuk Gaanesh, counsel for the Claimant in Case No.: 12/4-361/14 and 12/4-359/14 applied for these cases to be consolidated as it involves the same Company and all these cases have similar facts and issues.
[3] In the circumstances the Court ordered this case, that is, Case No.: 12/4-358/14, be consolidated with the following cases; (i) Case No.: 12/4- 583/14, (ii) Case No.: 12/4-361/14 and (iii) Case No.: 12/4-359/14.
