Couple awarded RM160,000 in unpaid overtime claims
A couple, who worked as cooks at a factory canteen in Johor, was awarded a total of RM162,420 in unpaid overtime claims after the Court of Appeal overturned a High Court ruling earlier this year.
A three-member Court of Appeal bench, chaired by Justice Lim Chong Fong, said the Employment Act limited a person’s shift to eight hours a day but the couple’s contract stipulated that they should work from 5am to 8pm.
Despite siding with the couple, the appellate court allowed only one-third of the total amount demanded by Ee Yueh Horng and Tan Ei Guan as it said part of the claims were already factored into the overall calculation.
Sinppa Industries Sdn Bhd will now have to pay the wife RM96,732 and the husband RM65,688.
The amount is inclusive of 5% interest, calculated from the date the complaint was filed in the…
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