THE Covid-19 pandemic has hit the global economy hard as most countries, including Malaysia, went into some form of lockdown for several weeks in order to stop the spread of the disease. Businesses worldwide have been affected by the restrictions on human activities and many have been forced to lay off staff.
Undeniably, retrenchment of workers on grounds of redundancy is a difficult area of labour law, as it raises considerations of economic efficiency, industrial autonomy and social justice.
