E-HAILING DRIVERS ARE NOT EMPLOYEES, COURT REAFFIRMS

Panel says a workman, as defined by the Industrial Relations Act 1967, is someone who is engaged through a contract of service.

V Anbalagan - 27 Nov 2023, 2:33pm

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today affirmed that an e-hailing driver is not a workman, as defined by the Industrial Relations Act 1967, in dismissing a woman’s appeal for the industrial court to hear her unfair dismissal case.

A three-member bench, chaired by Justice Azizah Nawawi alongside Justices See Mee Chun and Zaini Mazlan, said a workman, as defined by the Act, is someone who is engaged through a contract of service.

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