KUALA LUMPUR: The Industrial Court, here, has ordered HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd (HSBC) to reinstate two former employees who were fired in 2019.
Judge Rajeswari Karupiah ordered so on Feb 2, after finding that Sarimah Awang Senik and T. Sethupaty’s dismissal was unwarranted and that they were unlawfully dismissed by the bank for their participation in trade union activities.
She also found that their dismissal was without just cause or excuse and that the duo was entitled to succeed in their claim of unjust dismissal.
Therefore, the judge ordered HSBC to reinstate them within 30 days from Feb 2.
The duo is to be reinstated to their former or an equivalent post in the bank without loss of seniority, service, bonuses, and other benefits, monetary or otherwise including salary adjustments and increments that he would have earned had they not been dismissed by the bank.
Sethupaty served the bank as a general clerk, while Sarimah worked as a customer service banker before they were dismissed. They have both served at HSBC since 1996 and 1997, respectively.
