Workers expect treatment with respect and the workplace environment must be decent. All forms of workplace abuses and exploitation of workers are prohibited both by the national and international instruments. Withholding of wages without a valid basis, non-payment of wages on time, long working hours without overtime payment, failure to provide ade

Equity is a general principle of law rooted in religious beliefs, ethics, and human reason, and regarded as a source of international law that strengthens other sources of the law or bridges the gaps in treaty law and customary international law. Equity has had been deployed in some circumstances to mitigate the rigour of the law. In some other cir

The ordinary courts of law or the civil courts in Malaysia are categorised into the superior civil courts and the subordinate civil courts. The hierarchy of courts from lower to higher begins with the Magistrates' Courts, Sessions Court, the two High Courts namely the High Court of Malaya and High Court of Sabah and Sarawak, the Court of Appeal

Malaysia is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country with a Muslim majority while the other races such as Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians live together harmoniously. Islam is placed in a special position, with the Ruler of the States being the head of the religion of Islam in his state and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong being the head of the religio

At common law, the employment relationship is founded on contract and therefore, the general principle of the contract law applies to a contract of employment. A contract entered into freely and voluntarily is held sacred and would be enforced by the courts if it is broken, subject to limitations such as undue influence, fraud, duress, misrepresent

This chapter traces the historical development of the Malaysian legal system in brief with the intention to shed light on how the rules of equity developed in the UK was gradually introduced and thereby become part and parcel of the contemporary legal system of Malaysia. Accordingly, it specifically emphasises on section 3(1) of the Civil Law Act 1

This empirical study based on a survey in Malaysian organizations was conducted to investigate perceived justice in distribution of organizational resources. It was designed to study the issues such as recruitment, promotion, performance appraisal and distribution of other perks and benefits to the workforce. Assuming value differences in the major

Synthetic derivative of 4-hydroxy-4-phenylpiperidi ne (4HPPD) given intraperitoneally to male mice increased brain 5-HT levels in 1 hr. T he increase caused by the synthetic derivative was greater than that of pethidine.

Hawking spleens, selling genes: the human body and the laws of property is devoted to a discussion of the human body as a hierarchy of commoditiable components. It traces the progressive entry into the marketplace of whole persons, theor organs, tissues, cells and finally, their DNA and their proteins. The complex interaction between the science, t

Objective: A study was conducted at all health centres in Kelantan in North East Malaysia to describe the sociodemographic factors of the members of diabetes care teams and the use of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) on Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among them. Design: A cross-sectional study Materials and Methods: A total of 176 members