Almost every company has an onboarding checklist. Someone owns it, it runs the same way each time, and a new hire is set up, documented, […]
Fixed-Term Contracts: The Exit That Isn’t
The fixed-term contract is often used as a quiet insurance policy against dismissal claims. The logic is appealing: put an employee on a twelve-month term, […]
Self-Service Is Where Your HRMS Pays Off
The Switch That Unlocks the Return An HRMS changes how an HR team works. It moves leave, claims, payslips, and attendance out of one overstretched […]
One Company, Two Holiday Calendars
The Public Holiday Most Payrolls Underpay Merdeka is the easy one. On 31 August the whole country is off, no employer has to work out […]
Cleared at the Inquiry, Dismissed Anyway
When the Inquiry Clears Someone You Are Sure Is Guilty An employee you are certain is guilty sits through your domestic inquiry, and the panel […]
You Can’t Just Fire a No-Show
An employee stops turning up. No message, no medical certificate, no answered calls. By the third day, most employers believe the person has resigned by […]
Your HR Data Is Worth More on the Black Market Than You Think
The Data Set Nobody Talks About Guarding Every Malaysian company holds a data set that, if released to the wrong people, would cost more than […]
Post the Vacancy, or Pay the Fine. Section 45F Is Now Law
The Amendment That Just Passed On 30 June 2026, the Dewan Rakyat approved amendments to the Employment Insurance System (Amendment) Bill 2025, giving legal force […]
The Headcount Number Your Finance Team Calculates Wrong
Ask Three Departments, Get Three Numbers A Malaysian SME with around 200 employees recently ran a simple internal exercise. The CEO asked three department heads […]