The Star - Saturday, 11 April 2009
IPOH: A former Perak Pakatan Rakyat exco member has criticised Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam’s suggestion to make conciliation compulsory for employers and dismissed workers.
Former exco member A. Sivanesan, a labour lawyer for over 10 years, believed that workers could be victimised if they had to attend conciliation meetings with their employer.
He said employers would be represented by qualified personnel like human resource managers but the worker would have to represent himself.
“Under the Industrial Relations Act 1967, the worker cannot be represented by a lawyer in conciliation meetings unless the lawyer happens to be another employee.
“How is the average employee expected to know his rights?
On Friday, Subramaniam was reported as saying that his ministry had improved the conciliation system under the Industrial Relations Department.
He said the department had successfully reduced cases to about 700 last year from over 2,000 previously.
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