Court of Appeal doubles wrongfully retrenched executive’s award to RM1.68mil

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Osram Opto Semiconductors told to pay Ooi Mei Chien back wages of RM772,464, compensation in lieu of reinstatement of RM854,650, and punitive damages of RM50,000.  Read More:   Laporan Lanjut:   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.   Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #OsramOpto #OiiMeiChien #CourtofAppeal #WrongfullyRetrenched

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00:00 The Court of Appeal has ordered Osram Abdul Semi Conductor's Sundiran Berhad to pay

00:08 RM854,650 in compensation to a former senior employee after upholding a High Court decision

00:16 that she was unfairly dismissed. A three-member bench chaired by Justice Lee Sui Seng maintained

00:22 the lower court order that Osram pay Uy Mei Qian 24 months back wages totaling RM772,464.

00:30 However, the Appeals Court varied the High Court's order that she return to work and awarded her

00:38 RM804,650 as compensation in lieu of reinstatement instead. Additionally, Osram was ordered to pay

00:46 Uy 50,000 in punitive damages and RM15,000 in costs. Lee said the bench recognized that punitive

00:54 damages would be reserved for egregious cases where the conduct has been high-handed and

00:59 reprehensible. The court found that Uy had been unfairly dismissed without just cause or excuse

01:05 and that she was singled out in the retrenchment process. Uy had served Osram a premium supplier

01:11 of LED lighting products for 24 years. She was the head of its Treasury and Commercial

01:16 Administration services, drawing a monthly salary of RM32,186.

01:21 ringgit.

01:22 (upbeat music)

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