COURSE OBJECTIVE
This course will provide participants with necessary knowledge on how to cope during this economic crisis and what effective actions that can be taken to smoothen the process with minimum emotional trauma which I strategic to the continuous well-being of the remaining employees and organizational effectiveness.
DAY 1
REGISTRATION
8.30am – 9.00am
Overview on the legal aspects and all mechanisms on Reducing Manpower Cost
FORCED LEAVE / SHUTDOWNS
• Can employers shut down operations for a period of time and treat employees as being on annual or unpaid leave?
• What if employees do not have any annual leave entitlement?
• Can the following year’s entitlement be used as advance leave?
9.00am – 10.15am
MORNING TEA BREAK
10.15am – 10.45am
SHORTER WORK WEEK
• Can employers reduce working days?
• Can salaries be reduced according to reduce work?
PAY CUTS
• Can employers forcibly reduce salaries?
• How much of or what percentage of salary ought to be reduced?
• Must the employer realign salaries once the business situation improves?
10.45am – 1.00pm
Lunch Break
1.00pm – 2.00pm
VSS
• Do you have to offer VSS to all or can this be limited to selected workers?
• How should the offer letter be worded?
• What is a reasonable severance package that can be offered?
2.00pm – 3.45pm
Afternoon Tea Break
3.45pm – 4.00pm
VSS (cont)
• What conditions may be imposed?
• Best practices in undertaking a VSS exercise
4.00pm – 4.45pm
Q & A Session - End of Day 1
4.45pm – 5.00pm
DAY 2
REGISTRATION
8.30am – 9.00am
RETRENCHMENT
• What should be the selection criteria?
• When can the LIFO principle be departed from?
• What are the provisions on retrenchment in the Code of Conduct for Industrial harmony?
• Is there a distinction between a termination as a result of a complete closure and a termination as a result of downsizing?
9.00am – 10.20am
Morning Tea Break
10.20am – 10.40am
RETRENCHMENT (cont)
• Retrenchment benefits for employees within /outside the First Schedule of the EA 1955
• Notification of retrenchment to Labour Department
• Communication strategies and the risk management
10.40am – 1.00pm
Lunch Break
1.00pm – 2.00pm
LAY-OFF
• How to lay-off workers without pay for a period exceeding 12 days?
• Are any layoff benefits payable in such a case?
• Does Regulation 5 of the Employment (Termination and Lay-Off Benefits) Regulations 1980 apply to monthly rated employees?
2.00pm – 2.45pm
Afternoon Tea Break
2.45pm – 3.00pm
Case Study on Lay-Offs, VSS, Retrenchments, Paycuts, Shorter Work Week and Forced Leave / Shutdowns
3.00pm – 4.45pm
Q & A Session - End of Day 1
4.45pm – 5.00pm