{"id":89973,"date":"2026-10-03T20:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89973"},"modified":"2026-10-03T20:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:03:01","slug":"high-court-rules-payroll-agent-not-liable-in-wrongful-dismissal-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89973","title":{"rendered":"High Court rules payroll agent not liable in wrongful dismissal claim"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Kuala Lumpur High Court dismissed Chin Siang Tean\u2019s claim for wrongful dismissal against Great Pyramid Sdn Bhd with costs of RM5,000.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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PETALING JAYA<\/span>:<\/address>\n

The Kuala Lumpur High Court last Friday dismissed a woman\u2019s claim of wrongful termination against a local recruitment agency, affirming an earlier Industrial Court decision.<\/p><\/div>\n

In her judgment, Justice Alice Loke ruled that Great Pyramid Sdn Bhd, the recruitment firm, was not Chin Siang Tean\u2019s employer and therefore had no authority over her dismissal.<\/p>\n

The judge said Chin\u2019s actual employer was GenScript Biotech Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based company.<\/p>\n

Loke, who now sits in the Court of Appeal, found no grounds to overturn the Industrial Court\u2019s ruling. She ordered Chin to pay Great Pyramid RM5,000 in costs.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe company merely acted as a local payroll agent and had no supervisory or disciplinary authority.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court found that there was no employer-employee relationship between the claimant and Great Pyramid,\u201d court chairman Amrik Singh said in his award.<\/p>\n

In her suit, Chin said she had received a first offer letter from GenScript and a second from Great Pyramid, and had accepted both.<\/p>\n

She also signed an employment contract only with Great Pyramid but worked directly under GenScript. The termination letter was issued by Great Pyramid.<\/p>\n

Chin said there was no clause in her contract stating that Great Pyramid was only a payroll vendor.<\/p>\n

Great Pyramid however took the position that GenScript was the real employer while they were merely a payroll service provider.<\/p>\n

It also said work scope, benefits and termination decisions were all under GenScript\u2019s control, adding that the decision to terminate Chin\u2019s employment was based on the latter\u2019s instructions.<\/p>\n

Chin has a month, calculated from the decision date, to file a notice of appeal to the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

Bhavanash Sharma appeared for Great Pyramid while Yeo Jie Hu represented Chin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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