Labour News
Kuala Lumpur:
The Industrial Court has ruled that workers should be able to use office e-mail to gossip about their bosses, and even use derogatory language, without fear of being sacked.It made the ruling in upholding a secretary's complaint that she had been wrongly dismissed for using office e-mail to criticise her managers, describing some of them to colleagues as a "blur".
"The court's view is that it is quite common and natural for staff to gossip about their superior officers," Court Chairman Syed Ahmad Radzi Syed Omar said.
"It can happen anywhere and anytime, especially when there is a gathering. It could be over coffee or tea or a meal; in this case, in e-mail between friends." The court ordered the employer, Malaysia National Insurance Bhd, to pay the Secretary compensation of RM66,850.
Her e-mails were discovered after the Secretary was investigated over the leaking of a confidential report of a board meeting.- Reuters
"The court's view is that it is quite common and natural for staff to gossip about their superior officers," Court Chairman Syed Ahmad Radzi Syed Omar said.
"It can happen anywhere and anytime, especially when there is a gathering. It could be over coffee or tea or a meal; in this case, in e-mail between friends." The court ordered the employer, Malaysia National Insurance Bhd, to pay the Secretary compensation of RM66,850.
Her e-mails were discovered after the Secretary was investigated over the leaking of a confidential report of a board meeting.- Reuters
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