SEN WEN PING v 1. ) SS REFORM MARKETING SDN BHD 2. ) MAHKAMAH PERUSAHAAN MALAYSIA

aa-25-4-01-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 15 July 2025 • AA-25-4-01/2024

Catchwords

Constructive dismissal claims — Alleged cumulative breaches (salary reductions, unpaid allowances, relocation, change in management) — Resignations in February 2020 — Dispute on attendance and communication of constructive dismissal notice. — Whether resignation proximate to breaches — Extended delay — Inconsistent reasons — Resignation not sufficiently proximate; afterthought. — January 2020 salary — “On and off” attendance — No contemporaneous proof — No entitlement to full salary.— Communication of constructive dismissal notice — Email to “Aileen” unproven — Material witness not called — Notice not proved communicated.— Unpaid travel allowance — No claim forms, receipts, payroll or bank records — Allowance claim unproven. — Principles — Contract test for constructive dismissal — Fundamental breach going to the root — Prompt resignation required — Cumulative breaches require a clear causal nexus. — Appeal standard — Rehearing under s 33C IRA and O 55 r 2 ROC — Deference to primary fact-finding unless plainly wrong.

Practice Areas

Employment & Industrial Relations

Judges (1)

Moses Susayan Delivered

Parties (3)

MAHKAMAH PERUSAHAAN MALAYSIA Respondent SS REFORM MARKETING Sdn Bhd Respondent Sen Wen Ping Applicant

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