KUALA LUMPUR: Unjustly-dismissed workers, who found new jobs while their cases were being heard, can still receive mega compensation in lieu of reinstatement, provided they adduce evidence in the Industrial Court to show they had suffered hardships after losing their jobs.
Court of Appeal judge Datuk Gopal Sri Ram, who penned the landmark judgment in Dr James Alfred vs Koperasi Serbaguna Sanya Bhd, said many litigants had misunderstood his judgment thinking that it limited the compensation to be awarded to re-employed workers.
