The Kuala Lumpur High Court last Friday dismissed a woman’s claim of wrongful termination against a local recruitment agency, affirming an earlier Industrial Court decision.
In her judgment, Justice Alice Loke ruled that Great Pyramid Sdn Bhd, the recruitment firm, was not Chin Siang Tean’s employer and therefore had no authority over her dismissal.
The judge said Chin’s actual employer was GenScript Biotech Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based company.
Loke, who now sits in the Court of Appeal, found no grounds to overturn the Industrial Court’s ruling. She ordered Chin to pay Great Pyramid RM5,000 in costs.
The Industrial Court had in 2024 ruled that although an employment contract was signed with Great Pyramid, all operational control, direction and termination decisions came from GenScript.
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