Purpose – There are evidence to suggest that not all who work within Islamic banking system are fully convinced of its objectives and underlying philosophy. Good numbers of them have conventional banking background with little operational knowledge etc. Their ambivalent attitude may affect their work commitment. This study tries to understand the

The speech recognition system is a front end and a back-end process that receives an audio signal uttered by a speaker and converts it into a text transcription. The speech system can be used in several fields including: therapeutic technology, education, social robotics and computer entertainments. In most cases in control tasks, which is the purp

Malaysian legislations on child custody emphasise that welfare of the child shall be the paramount consideration. However, the legislations do not have any provisions on shared parenting principle and specific guidelines on its implementation and application. Amendments were made to laws to include a provision of equal parental rights but it does n

Internationally, shared parenting has been highlighted and agreed to be the best method in protecting the welfare of the child. The religion of Islam also promotes the concept of shared parenting to ensure that the welfare of the child is well protected. In Malaysia, legislation on child custody emphasises that the welfare of the child shall be giv

Charities in Malaysia are regulated by aa few Acts which has its origins in the English law, whereby the concept and purpose of the charity has its origin in the Preamble to Charitable Uses Act 1601. In England and Wales, the prevailing Act on charity is the Charities Act 2011, in which 12 types of charities are acknowledged. The English Charities

The paper explored the need and role of Shariah training of Islamic banking employees in Pakistan. It also examined the effect of such training on employees' commitment and attitude towards Isalmic banking. The study used qualitative approach in which semi-structured interviews of Islamic banking employees in Pakistan were conducted online usin

Occupational stress in the present globalised world is fraught with tremendous concern to the employees and other stakeholders of organisations. Excessive workload or work demand, and stressful deadlines, long working hours, insufficient number of staff, lack of support from co-workers and supervisors, annoying coworkers, angry customers, hazardous

In the sphere of employment law, in the absence of a statutory provision enabling an employer to make deduction for overpayment by mistake or a 'deduction clause' in the employment contract, there is no automatic mechanism that allows the employer to recover an overpayment through deduction of the amount from the employees next pay A 'd

The employment relationship is a fiduciary one where the core obligation is one of loyalty and integrity — the key characteristics an employee should possess, no matter what form of employment he is engaged in (see, Kvaerner Petrominco Engineering Sdn Bhd v Virginia Jaqueline Chan [2007] 1 ILR 494). It includes, the employee’s obligation to act

Workers' safety and health at the workplace is a duty imposed on the employer. The employer must ensure not only a safe system of work but also a safe place of work. Safe place of work relates to the employer's responsibility to ensure that the work site is reasonably safe and to take reasonable precautions to protect workers against danger