The employees picketed outside the company’s office yesterday carrying placards urging it to protect their rights and to prioritise locals above foreign workers.
“The dispute has been resolved in a good way. All the employees have been interviewed by the union. Ten of them have agreed to continue their service while the other seven decided to accept compensation,” he said. Halim had alleged yesterday that the company had not followed procedure in terminating the 17 workers and that it only gave 24 hours’ notice. He said the company had said it was terminating the services of the 17 due to job scope redundancy.
In response, Johnson & Johnson Malaysia told FMT it was “committed to treating our employees with dignity and respect”.