{"id":214024,"date":"2025-06-25T20:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/214024\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T20:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T20:17:13","slug":"hr-manager-claims-forced-resignation-after-sudden-transfer-to-unfamiliar-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/214024\/","title":{"rendered":"HR manager claims forced resignation after sudden transfer to unfamiliar role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The worker formally objected to these changes in an email dated 24 March 2021: &#8220;Another startling development is the new seating arrangement details that was sent to me through email dated 18 March 2021. In this new seating arrangement, I have been placed in a common seating area with other staff in a shared room, in my new position as general manager, [event management], whereas the assistant general manager is placed in a private room with a closed door all to himself. This is a clear example of [the employer] breaching the implied duty of mutual trust and confidence, by demeaning me in the eyes of my colleagues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Contract test&#8217; for constructive dismissal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Industrial Court in this case (Case No.: 11\/4-2879\/21) applied the established &#8220;contract test&#8221; for constructive dismissal, which requires proof that the employer&#8217;s conduct constituted a fundamental breach going to the root of the employment contract or demonstrated an intention to no longer be bound by the contractual relationship.<\/p>\n<p>This test focuses on whether the employer&#8217;s actions were serious enough to justify the employee treating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcamag.com\/asia\/news\/general\/can-you-fire-someone-by-text-message\/145497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contract as terminated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The court determined that despite the fixed-term contracts, the worker was treated as a permanent employee in practice based on the employer&#8217;s actions and communications.<\/p>\n<p>The acting CEO&#8217;s email dated 29 March 2021 promised future opportunities, stating: &#8220;Later, [event management] will become a subsidiary and you have the opportunity for a career advancement prospects with a better range of remuneration and incentive package.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The worker formally objected to these changes in an email dated 24 March 2021: &#8220;Another startling development is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3092],"tags":[51,85132,85133,85131,897,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-214024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-hr-role-transfer-malaysia","10":"tag-industrial-court-of-malaysia-work-dismissal-case","11":"tag-job-transfer-work-singapore","12":"tag-jobs","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114745851883821216","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}