MAHKAMAH PERUSAHAAN PERAK
JILLIAN KATHLEEN GALLYOT LWN. EVERLANTERN SDN BHD
Award No: 1380 Tahun 2021 [Kes No: 10/4-2220/19]
AWARD
Rujukan
[1] Prosiding di hadapan Mahkamah ini adalah lanjutan daripada rujukan yang dibuat oleh Menteri Sumber Manusia, Malaysia di bawah s 20(3) Akta Perhubungan Perusahaan 1967 , berhubung dengan pembuangan kerja Jillian Kathleen Gallyot ("Yang Menuntut") pada 10 Julai 2019 oleh Everlantern Sdn Bhd ("pihak Syarikat").
[2] Di dalam tuntutan ini, Yang Menuntut mendakwa perkhidmatan beliau telah ditamatkan secara terancang (constructively terminated) oleh pihak Syarikat berkuat kuasa pada 10 Julai 2019 iaitu tidak sampai 4 bulan selepas beliau memulakan perkhidmatannya dan belum melepasi tempoh percubaan.
Undang-undang Mengenai Penamatan Terancang (Constructive Dismissal)
"When the Industrial Court is dealing with a reference under s 20, the first thing that the Court will have to do is to ask itself a question whether there was a dismissal, and if so, whether it was with or without just cause or excuse." Wong Chee Hong v. Cathay Organisation (M) Sdn Bhd, [1988] 1 MLJ 92
"It has been repeatedly held by our courts that the proper approach in deciding whether constructive dismissal has taken place is not to ask oneself whether the employer's conduct was unfair or unreasonable (the unreasonableness test) but whether "the conduct of the employer was such that the employer was guilty of a breach going to the root of the contract or whether he has evinced an intention no longer to be bound by the contract." Anwar Abdul Rahim v. Bayer (M) Sdn Bhd; 1997 MarsdenLR 145; 1998 MarsdenLR 1765 ; [1998] 2 CLJ 197; [1998] 2 AMR 1801
"To claim constructive dismissal, four conditions must be fulfilled. These conditions are:
a. There must be a breach of contract by the employer;
b. The breach must be sufficiently important to justify the employee resigning;
c. The employee must leave in response of the breach and not for any other unconnected reasons; and
d. He must not occasion any undue delay in terminating the contract, otherwise he will be deemed to have the breach and agreed to vary the contract." Bayer (M) Sdn Bhd v. Anwar Bin Abd Rahim; [1994] 1 ILR 473
"If the fact of dismissal is not in dispute, the burden is on the company to satisfy the Court that such dismissal was done with just cause or excuse. However, where the fact of dismissal is in dispute, it is for the workman to establish that he was dismissed by his employer. On the facts, it is the first respondent who asserts that she was dismissed and the applicant denies it. So, it is for the first respondent to establish so by evidence, in which she had failed." Weltex Knitwear Industries Sdn Bhd v. Law Kar Toy & Anor, 1998 MarsdenLR 2286
Fakta Kedua-Dua Pihak
[3] Pada 1 April 2019 Yang Menuntut telah memulakan perkhidmatan beliau dengan pihak Syarikat sebagai Pengurus Sumber Manusia & Pentadbiran dengan gaji bulanan sebanyak RM7,000.00 beserta elaun pengangkutan sebanyak RM400.00.
[4] Pihak Syarikat merupakan sebuah entiti perniagaan yang berpusat di No. 9, Jalan Kenari Merdu 2, Taman Kenari Merdu, 08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah. Ia mempunyai beberapa buah cawangan lain dan penempatan Yang Menuntut adalah di EverLantern Sdn. Bhd., Lot 42, Jalan Lahat, 31450 Menglembu, Ipoh, Perak.
[5] Adalah pengataan pihak Syarikat bahawa Yang Menuntut telah sebenarnya memasuki perjanjian perkhidmatan pada 31 Januari 2019 (rujuk COB, muka surat 45-49) dan atas permintaan Yang Menuntut, pihak Syarikat telah membenarkan beliau memulakan pekerjaannya pada 1 April 2019.
[6] Yang Menuntut juga berkelayakan untuk mendapatkan cuti tahunan sebanyak 18 hari dan faedah perubatan dengan had sebanyak RM5,000.00 setahun.
[7] Sebagai penjawat jawatan Human Resource and Administration Manager, Yang Menuntut menegaskan bahawa tugas dan tanggungjawab beliau hanyalah tertumpu kepada cawangan Ipoh sahaja dan di dalam Kontrak Tawaran Pekerjaan tidak menyatakan tugasannya turut meliputi 11 lagi cawangan pihak Syarikat di seluruh Malaysia.
[8] Sebagai menafikan pengataan tersebut, pihak Syarikat merujuk kepada m
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