Pilot’s retrenchment upheld, AirAsia’s ‘best fit’ policy fair, says court

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The Industrial Court rules the airline was justified in deviating from the ‘last-in, first-out’ principle during the Covid-19 pandemic.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/06/12/pilots-retrenchment-upheld-airasias-best-fit-policy-objective-fair-says-court/  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 #AirAsia #PilotRetrenchmentUpheld #IndustrialCourt

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00:00The Industrial Court has upheld AirAsia's retrenchment of an employee who has been working

00:08for the company for 17 years.

00:10It held that the low-cost carrier was entitled to use its best-fit selection criteria to

00:16trim down the number of pilots at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

00:21Court Chairman Anderson Ong ruled that the airline was justified in deviating from the

00:26last-in-first-out principle when terminating the claimant's employment in a retrenchment

00:31exercise.

00:33In his award, Ong said the selection of employees to be retained or retrenched based on work

00:38locations and qualifications was a valid reason to depart from the LIFO principle.

00:44The airline's best-fit selection criteria involved the selection of pilots for retrenchment

00:50premised on their performance ratings and disciplinary record since 2016.

00:55It was reported that the claimant was selected as yet received a must-improve rating in

01:002016 and a needs-improvement rating in 2019.

01:05Ong said one of the reasons for the claimant's 2019 rating was that he received four demerit

01:10points for having taken 16 days of medical leave.

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