17 ex-lecturers awarded RM1.4mil for unfair dismissal

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The Industrial Court says Widad College failed to show the retrenchments were justified, and none of its witnesses could state what the retrenchment criteria were.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/07/15/17-ex-lecturers-awarded-rm1-4mil-for-unfair-dismissal/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/07/15/17-bekas-pensyarah-diberhentikan-secara-tak-adil-dapat-pampasan-rm1-4-juta/  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 #NurFauzahMokhtar #WidadEducationSdnBhd #Lecturer

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00:00A private college has been ordered to pay 17 lecturers a total of almost 1.4 million

00:07ringgit as compensation for unfair dismissal after the industrial court held it was unclear

00:12whether their retrenchment was justified.

00:14Court Chairman Nurfawza Mokhtar said she was not satisfied that the lecturers' position

00:19at Widat College had become redundant to justify their retrenchment, and was not convinced

00:23that the selection of the lecturers was made in line with the general principles of retrenchment.

00:29She said Widat Education Sindhiyan Berhad, which operates Widat University College and

00:33Widat College, did not show evidence of significant cost-cutting measures and did not offer the

00:38lecturers alternatives to dismissal.

00:40She added that no clear retrenchment criteria were provided and that the dismissals appeared

00:44not to be in good faith.

00:47The lecturers, who had served around four years, were retrenched on June 30, 2021 without

00:52prior notice or discussion about the college's financial situation.

00:56Despite the college's claim of financial losses, it continued to organize events which

01:00the lecturers cited as evidence against the college's financial hardship argument.

01:05They were awarded compensation for reinstatement, back wages, and unused leave, with individual

01:10amounts ranging from 51,150 ringgit to 114,767 ringgit.

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