Recently a restaurant chain came under fire for deducting salaries due to medical leave taken or frequent visits to the washrooms during working hours. Sunitha Ruthram, Advocate & Solicitor of Sunitha Ruthram & Co tells us what are the rights of the employees under the Act and what are the remedial actions they can take if those rights are infringed on.

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Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam

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Categories:  Law/Activism,  the workplace

Tags:  employee salary deductions,  labour law,  Employment Act 1955,