Extremely happy to be featured in the University of London‘s Career Services podcast as one of their prominent alumni working globally! Many thanks to Gemma Garrett for reaching out to me and Busra Jaunoo for the professional editing to bring me this brilliant opportunity to reach out to young people and aspiring lifelong learners. This was also one of the first media podcasts where… Read More »University of London highlights AFMalik Law
Many thanks to Michael Ryland, Keya Advani and other contributors for putting the second edition of the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL) Impact Law Journal together. It has been a privilege to contribute an article on ‘Impact Law Developments in Pakistan’ and learn from best practices in the region while being a member of the APAC Board of GAIL in the previous… Read More »AFMalik Law in Impact Law Journal-Vol 2
In case of any legal action taken by an employee, the company can respond to them depending upon which forum the complaint has been taken to. The workmen can take their complaint to the Labour Court or National Industrial Relations Commission (NIRC) and non-workers can take their grievances to the Civil Court.
While advising a company, we may be faced with advising a company on modes of termination of employment of services where an employee has been found to have conducted fraudulent activities. The question would be, can such an employee be relieved of his services immediately without any prior notice period and can he/she take any legal action against the company?
Employers are entitled to dismiss employees for a number of reasons including misconduct, retrenchment, lay-off and closure. The West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance, 1968 provides a list of acts and omissions, which, if committed by an employee, amount to misconduct and can be cause for dismissal.
The recent incidents of sexual harassment at some private schools in Lahore has highlighted the gross violation of these fundamental rights of children under the Constitution and the lack of requisite laws to hold schools accountable for the lack of protection of children on their premises.