Judge: More employees know their rights


Valuable guide: Umi Kalthum signing the plaque to launch the book by Balasubramaniam (in grey) at the Opening of the 13th MECA Industrial Relations Convention in Kuala Lumpur . Also present are (from left) director of Meca Dharmen Sivalingam, managing director of Meca Anna Balasubramaniam and Malaysian Current Law Journal managing director Rostina Gaus.

KUALA LUMPUR: An average 128 new cases a month have been brought to the Industrial Court in the first three months of this year alone, an increase from an average 112 new cases last year.

This, said Courts of Appeal judge Datuk Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, could be attributed to an increase in knowledge of employees’ rights and the rising number of people entering the workforce each year.

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