Yes, the law is firm. But it’s also old. Employment Act 1955 & Industrial Relations Act 1967, like how the titles suggest themselves, are old.
So when we apply the rules and regulations defined in these Acts, it also requires us to exercise a lot of common sense.
The existence objective of the Acts are to protect the rights of the employees & employers, and promoting industrial harmony among them. When I attend to the differences/disputes cases among the two, I will always bear in mind one important principle:
Be fair to the employee, be fair the to employer. And know that the common sense is, the employee always come first.
Bimbo
