DSCO's employment law practice involves drafting, advisory, negotiations and other miscellaneous assistance with various matters, including employment contracts, employee handbooks, employment law compliance and employer - employee disputes.
Some of the matters which DSCO has acted or is acting in are:
2024: Advised the Malaysian subsidiary of a Japanese animation studio on a mutual separation agreement with an employee.
2023: Advised the Malaysian subsidiary of a Japanese chemical products supplier on its proposed termination of an employee.
2022: Instructed by a Japanese law firm to advise the Malaysian subsidiary of a Japanese electronics manufacturer on the subsidiary’s proposed retrenchment exercise.
2022: Instructed by a Japanese law firm to advise the Malaysian subsidiary of a Japanese electrical equipment manufacturer on potential inventions by employees.
2021: Advised the Malaysian subsidiary of a Japanese chemical products supplier in respect of a constructive dismissal claim by a former employee of the subsidiary.
2019: Advised the Malaysian subsidiary of a French oil & gas company on a proposed retrenchment exercise in conjunction with the subsidiary's proposed voluntary liquidation exercise.
2019: Advised a Malaysian pharmaceutical company in respect of a constructive dismissal claim by a former employee of the company.