Event

Event

 

IELC Employment Webinar Series: Employment Act – Latest Amendments 2022

5 Sep 2022 - Mon / 1 day / 3:30pm - 5:00pm / Zoom

The webinar will cover the following issues:
• Significance of the amendments made to the First Schedule of the Employment Act 1955;
• Maternity and paternity rights, and the removal of restrictions against female employees;
• FWA and reduction of normal working hours; and
• The efficacy of proposed measures against sexual harassment.

Member: RM 20
Pupil in Chambers: RM 10
Non-Member: RM 60
Organisers: Bar Council

CPD Points: 1
Event Code:
T5/05092022/BC/BC221099/1

Description

The Bar Council Industrial Employment Law Committee (“IELC”) is organising a webinar series on employment law. The first of this webinar series entitled “Employment Act 1955: Latest Amendments for 2022” will look at the major amendments to the Employment Act 1955, which will come into force on 1 Sept 2022. Find out about the effects of the amendments on flexible work arrangements (“FWA”), long-awaited changes to employees’ maternity and paternity rights, and enhanced protection against discrimination and sexual harassment, amongst others.

Speaker

Amardeep Singh Toor

Amardeep Singh Toor handles both litigation and advisory matters on all aspects of employment and industrial relations law. He also advises corporate clients on immigration laws and on management of their foreign workers and expatriates, as well as employment-related tax laws in Malaysia. He has contributed several articles to the Industrial Law Reports published by CLJ (formerly The Malaysian Current Law Journal). Amardeep was recognised as a “Next Generation Partner” in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 rankings in the field of labour and employment, and recommended by The Legal 500 for immigration law and the management of foreign workers. Amardeep was recently recognised as a “Rising Star” in the Asian Legal Business (Malaysia) 2022. A graduate of the University of the West of England, Bristol, and a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, Amardeep was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2012. He was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2013.

Terms and Conditions

Event Policy

Places are limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

For events with registration fees, all payments must be made in advance, including bank charges. Registration will be confirmed once proof of payment is provided by email or fax, and full payment is received.

For events that are not organised by Bar Council, please note that you are subject to the relevant terms and conditions specified by the external providers.

Cancellation 

Cancellations must be made in writing.

If you have failed to inform the organiser on your cancellation for three consecutive times, you may be blacklisted for future events.

Refunds 

Refunds will be processed after the event is completed. This may take up to 30 business days. The conditions for refunds are as follows:

  • Full refunds will be issued if the event is cancelled or postponed by the organiser due to some circumstances.
  • No refunds for this course. However substitution is allowed.

The organiser reserves the right to modify, cancel or postpone the event, should circumstances arise that make such action necessary, whereupon all registration fees paid will be refunded.

Transferral

You are allowed to transfer your place to another participant, but you must notify the organiser with the necessary details.

Attendance 

CPD points will not be awarded to lawyers and pupils in chambers from Peninsular Malaysia who arrive more than 15 minutes late, are not present throughout the event, or leave before its scheduled end.

Privacy 

The personal information that you provide to the Bar Council, whether now or in the future, may be used, recorded, stored, disclosed or otherwise processed by or on behalf of the Bar Council for the purposes of facilitation and organisation of this event, research and audit, maintenance of a participant database for the promotion of this event, and such ancillary services as may be relevant.

Disclaimer

  • Materials will be emailed only. No printed notes will be provided.
  • No recording of the event is permitted via any means at any time.
  • No part of the event content may be used/reproduced in any form without the written and explicit consent of the Bar Council and speaker(s).

Talk2Us

    captcha

    * all the fields are required