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WORKERS’ RIGHTS AS IN SECTION 20 (1A) INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1967:

A TRADE UNION RESPONSE

Working Paper · October 2016

DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26455.27041

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 WORKERS’ RIGHTS AS IN SECTION 20 (1A) INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1967:
A TRADE UNION RESPONSE

By

NURAINI BINTI MOHAMAD

Universiti Malaysia Sabah
&

AZIZAN H MORSHIDI
Universiti Malaysia Sabah

ABSTRACT

Section 20 (1A) of the Industrial Relations Act 1967 is the section in which it protects workers from
unfair termination. As stated in Section 20 (1A) that an employee unionized or not, and consider
themselves dismissed without just cause or excuse, he or she can make representations in writing to
the Director General to be reinstated, and this must be made within 60 days from the date of his
dismissal as stipulated in Section (20) (1A). Thus, this study objective is to determine employee’s
awareness of their rights contained in the Section 20 (1A), as well as the role played by the trade
union in educating its members. This study focuses only on trade union members of Sabah Ports Sdn.
Bhd. in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia. This particular study utilises a mixed method approach by
distributing questionnaires and conducting interviews with the office holders of the said union.
Findings and recommendations are duly reported in the article.

Keywords: Section 20 (1A), trade union, Malaysia, reinstatement, employees rights

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