Work, and Smile Part 1: Work Hard, Play Hard

On Thursday night, it was a very happening night. The regional bosses finally managed to cross borders to meet the regional team who are based in Malaysia personally. Half of them met each other in person for the first time even, for they started work during the pandemic. The bosses brought the regional team out … Read more

“Being Boss & Sorry Manager”

Actually, it has been more than 40 hours with less than 4 hours sleep. But I still went live, anyways. Because I really want to learn to do this & practice makes better. Today, is the 7th consecutive day I managed to Go Live. You see, while I am preparing to Go Live on LinkedIn, … Read more

Constructive Dismissal Part 5: More Practical Situations

Situation 3: Requesting Resignation This is a big no-no. The most common bs lines I’ve heard over the years is this. “You want a clean record. You don’t want your file to read that you have been terminated before. So better for you to resign.” Or a case like this one: Michael Brian Davis v. … Read more

Constructive Dismissal Part 4: Practical Situations

Situation 1: Wages Breach – This is when the contract says pay you X amount and they paid you Y amount. A good case is this one: Maldo-Kaj Communications Sdn Bhd v. Abdul Kaadar Bin Mohd [1995] 2 ILR 494 The company decided to change Abdul Kaadar’s wages from fixed salary to commission basis. He … Read more

Constructive Dismissal Part 3: Wong Chee Hong

Yesterday I asked, under which circumstances from the 2 tests can an employee claims that he was constructively dismissed? The Contract Test or The Unreasonable Test? (https://professionalbimbo.com/2022/05/31/constructive-dismissal-part-2-the-tests/) When it comes to this question, the case that is often cited in court will be this landmark case: Wong Chee Hong v. Cathay Organisation (M) Sdn Bhd … Read more

Constructive Dismissal Part 2: The Tests

When it comes to Constructive Dismissal, to determine whether the employee has been constructively dismissed, there are 2 tests to consider as summarized below. First, is The Contract Test. If the employer is guilty of a conduct which is a significant breach of going to the root of the contract of employment, or which show … Read more

Constructive Dismissal: The Basics

This is a big subject when it comes to ER. Also a lot to write about. So today, we start with the basics. Constructive Dismissal basically happens when an employee leaves his/her job, what seemed to appear as a voluntary resignation but not. What would had happened, the employer changed the employee’s job or working … Read more

My Person

“What are we now actually?” “Kindred spirits.” ††††††††††††††††††††††† That is true, too. We do have a lot of common interests, esp our immense love for the pop culture. But what I really think he is to me, is that he is my person. You know, my person, person. The person who I will text first … Read more

Going Live

I have my LinkedIn Live approved for years but I have yet the time to go about it. Or actually the courage. But yesterday, I suddenly felt like doing it (after 3 shots of Vodka, no less). While I was being chauffeured to GSC to watch Top Gun, I thought, why not go live since … Read more

Lickin’ Gooooooood

Yesterday, when I was watching Top Gun in the cinema (btw very entertaining), there was this KFC ad which came up. The ad was showing how so many of us have fond memories of KFC. Birthdays, dates, parties, gatherings etc. Good times indeed. It’s so relatable, you know. A lot of people I know personally, … Read more

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