Forced To Resign In Kuantan?
Your Kuantan employer made the job impossible, so you resigned.
Kuantan is Pahang’s industrial gateway, and Kuantan Port and the Gebeng petrochemical estate shape much of the local job market.
If staying in your Kuantan job became impossible, you may still have a claim even though you resigned.
How a Kuantan claim starts
Filing starts with a written Section 20 representation to the Director General of Industrial Relations. It is due within 60 days of your resignation1.
The route is open to higher paid technical and supervisory staff, not only to entry level roles2.
An unsettled case goes to the Industrial Court, and JPPM confirms which branch covers Pahang.
What pushes Kuantan workers out
Kuantan runs on petrochemicals, heavy industry, port logistics and manufacturing. Kuantan Port and the Gebeng estate drive much of the work.
Engineers, contractors and port staff often work on project based terms. A forced resignation can follow a sudden reassignment or a project winding down.
The contract test looks at that conduct, not at how the contract was structured.
Starting from Kuantan
A first message describes what happened and when.
You do not need to leave the estate or take unpaid leave to find out whether your situation fits the test.
What to do this week
Set out the events at your Kuantan job in order, with the dates of reassignments, notices and meetings.
Keep contracts, payslips and project emails. Project work scatters records across messages and inboxes.
Conciliation needs you in person, so keep that date clear once it is set.
The deadline calculator confirms your filing date. Read about the evidence worth keeping before you file.
If you want a lawyer to take on a forced resignation from your Kuantan job, send the date you resigned and what your employer did. An independent employment lawyer serving Kuantan may review whether the claim has enough behind it.
For people seeking legal representation. For general information, please use our guides and tools.
First contact: general facts only, such as date, location, employment status and a short summary. Keep documents private until an identified independent lawyer contacts you and specifically requests them.
Common questions
Which court hears a claim filed from Kuantan?
JPPM confirms which Industrial Court branch covers Pahang. You start with a written representation to the Director General of Industrial Relations, not with the court.
I am a senior engineer at Gebeng on a high salary. Can I still use Section 20?
Yes. The Section 20 route covers all workmen whatever their pay, including senior technical staff earning above the wage limits that affect some Employment Act benefits.
How soon must a Kuantan worker act after resigning?
You have 60 days from your resignation to lodge the written representation. Project based contracts make dates blur together, so note the day you leave.
Sources
- A worker dismissed without just cause or excuse may make a written representation to the Director General of Industrial Relations seeking reinstatement within 60 days of the dismissal under Section 20 of the Industrial Relations Act 1967. Mah Weng Kwai & Associates
- The unfair dismissal route under Section 20 covers all workmen, including employees earning above RM4,000 a month, even though some Employment Act benefit provisions are limited by wage. MECA, Industrial Relations Act 1967 Guide
Keep reading
If you want a lawyer to take on a forced resignation from your Kuantan job, send the date you resigned and what your employer did. An independent employment lawyer serving Kuantan may review whether the claim has enough behind it.
For people seeking legal representation. For general information, please use our guides and tools.
First contact: general facts only, such as date, location, employment status and a short summary. Keep documents private until an identified independent lawyer contacts you and specifically requests them.