We Act for Employers. You Are Still in the Right Place.
You probably found us through something we made for bosses. This firm does not act for employees and it never will. That does not mean we are going to waste your evening. There is a deadline you need to know about tonight, there are things you can file yourself for free, and there is a lawyer who does act for people in your position.
You Have 60 Days. Most People Find Out on Day 70.
If you were dismissed and you want the dismissal tested, you file a representation under Section 20 of the Industrial Relations Act 1967, and you file it within 60 days. It goes to the Industrial Relations Department (Jabatan Perhubungan Perusahaan), not the Labour Office. Miss the 60 days and the door usually shuts, whatever the merits were.
You do not need a lawyer to file it. It is a form.
Four Things to Do This Week
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Get everything in writing before you lose access.
Your termination or dismissal letter, your contract, your payslips, your EPF and SOCSO statements, and the last few months of messages with your supervisor. If the company is going to lock you out of your work email and your work phone, that happens fast. Do it today, not next week.
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Work out what you are actually complaining about.
Unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, notice and final pay are one kind of complaint. Being dismissed without just cause or excuse is a different one, with a different form and a different office. They are not the same thing and people file the wrong one all the time.
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File it yourself, on time.
Dismissal goes to the Industrial Relations Department under Section 20. Money owed to you under the Employment Act goes to the Labour Department (JTK). Both are free to you. Neither of them requires a lawyer to start.
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Get free advice before you sign anything.
The Bar Council Legal Aid Centre in your state takes employment matters. If your former employer offers you a settlement and asks you to sign a release, that is the moment to have someone read it properly, and that reading is usually free.
A Simple Wage Claim, You Can Probably Run Yourself.
A straightforward claim for money you are owed is built to work without a lawyer, and plenty of people do exactly that. Do not let anybody talk you into paying for something you can file in an afternoon.
Get someone properly involved if any of this is true:
- You were senior, or what is at stake is a large part of a year's income.
- Your former employer has already put lawyers on it.
- You have been offered a settlement and asked to sign a release.
- You resigned because of how you were being treated, and you think that was really a dismissal.
- There is a discrimination, harassment or whistleblowing element.
- You are on a work permit and your immigration status moves with your job.
Check Whether a Referral Is Available
Give us four things so we can run the conflict check. If a referral is available, we will identify the other firm privately and ask before passing any details across.
Please do not tell us what happened.
There is no box below for your side of the story and that is on purpose. If you tell us, we may be unable to act for anyone in your dispute afterwards, which helps nobody. Save it for the lawyer who can actually use it.
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Yi Xie & Co. may have a financial interest in work referred to another firm. If a referral is available, we will identify the firm and explain that interest before you decide whether any details may be passed. The free routes above remain free and you are under no obligation to use this form.
This is information, not advice.
This page describes general Malaysian employment procedure. It is not legal advice about your situation, and reading it or using the form above does not make you a client of Yi Xie & Co. or of any referral firm. Deadlines and procedures change. Check your own position with a lawyer or with a Legal Aid Centre before you rely on anything here.