Banks not obliged to pay employees festival aid, Industrial Court rules

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The court says NUBE general secretary J Solomon was well aware of a similar decision previously made by the apex court but feigned ignorance.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/06/banks-not-obliged-to-pay-employees-festival-aid-industrial-court-rules/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/06/bank-tak-wajib-beri-bantuan-perayaan-pekerja-kata-mahkamah-perusahaan/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #NUBE #FestivalAid

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00:00The Industrial Court ruled in favour of the Malayan Commercial Banks Association in its

00:06trade dispute with the National Union of Bank Employees over festival aid for bank employees.

00:13Court Chairman D. Parmalingam said the memorandum of agreement on festival aid, dated April

00:185, 2023, had no legal or binding effect as it was not formally recognised under the Industrial

00:24Relations Act 1967.

00:27He said the MOA only provided for a one-off payment in 2023 and did not obligate banks

00:32to pay festival aid in subsequent years.

00:35Parmalingam said he was bound by the principle of stare decisis, citing past similar rulings

00:40by the High Court, Court of Appeal and Federal Court.

00:45He criticised NUBE for trying to reintroduce the MOA as an implied term of employment despite

00:50the precedence set in the NUBE vs HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad case.

00:56The court rejected NUBE's attempt to overturn an Apex Court decision, with Parmalingam accusing

01:01the union's General Secretary, Jay Solomon, of feigning ignorance about the previous ruling.

01:08Danish Rajareza, FMT News.

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