AWARD

Reihana Abd Razak:

Claimant's Pleaded Case

[1] The claimant commenced employment with the bank on 1 August 2011 as a Branch Manager.

[2] The claimant resigned from the bank on 2 January 2014 and on 1 July 2015, she rejoined back the bank as Mortgage Sales Manager with a monthly salary of RM8,500. At the time of her dismissal, the claimant's last drawn salary was RM9,470.00.

[3] The claimant avers that on 14 February 2019, the bank's Head of Industrial Relations one Mr Kavin Lim informed her that the bank had decided to suspend her to facilitate investigations on the fraudulent conducts of several of the bank's employees.

[4] The claimant contends that the said suspension was not due to any complaint of the bank of any fraud or misconduct against her, but based on unverified complaints received by the bank from whistle blowers.

[5] The claimant contended that on 28 March 2019 she was asked to attend an interview conducted by the bank's Head, Fraud Control Unit one Mr Jagathesan Munisamy and the Senior Executive, Industrial Relations one Mr Simon Ng Soon Sen to assist investigations on the fraudulent conducts in the Referral Rewards Program (RRP) allegedly committed by four of her tea