Mahkamah Tinggi Pulau Pinang memutuskan Pos Malaysia berhak menamatkan perkhidmatan Hazari Ismail kerana enggan mematuhi arahan pemindahan.GEORGE TOWN: Mahkamah Tinggi di sini membatalkan keputusan Mahkamah Perusahaan memerintahkan Pos Malaysia mengembalikan jawatan posmen yang diberhentikan kerana enggan mematuhi arahan pemindahan dari cawangan Bukit Mertajam ke Bayan Lepas.Hakim Wendy Ooi membenarkan rayuan Pos Malaysia dan memutuskan syarikat itu wajar menamatkan perkhidmatan Hazari Ismail, 51, kerana enggan mematuhi arahan pemindahan.Menurutnya, arahan pemindahan itu merupakan keputusan pengurusan yang sah dan Hazari sepatutnya mematuhi arahan berkenaan sebelum mengemukakan bantahan melalui saluran betul.Jelasnya, pemindahan itu tidak membabitkan sebarang kehilangan pangkat atau faedah, dan dibenarkan di bawah terma pekerjaan Pos Malaysia.Ooi turut mendapat keengganan Hazri itu satu bentuk ingkar arahan disengajakan kerana beliau menolak untuk mematuhi arahan sah daripada majikannya.Merujuk keputusan Mahkamah Persekutuan, katanya, pekerja wajib mematuhi arahan pengurusan yang sah sebelum mencabarnya.Hazari diperintahkan membayar kos RM5,000.Hazari bekerja dengan Pos Malaysia selama 25 tahun, bermula sebagai posmen di Pejabat Pos Butterworth pada 1996, sebelum dipindahkan ke Bukit Mertajam. Beliau dinaikkan pangkat ke posmen kanan merangkap ketua zon pada 2019.Pada Mac 2021, beliau diarahkan berpindah ke pejabat Bayan Lepas, tetapi meminta untuk kekal di Bukit Mertajam dan sanggup menerima jawatan lebih rendah sebagai kurier.Pos Malaysia menolak permintaannya dan mengarahkan beliau melapor diri di Bayan Lepas pada 29 Mac 2021. Tetapi, Hazari terus bekerja di Bukit Mertajam selepas tamat cuti tahunannya.Syarikat itu mengeluarkan surat amaran kepadanya kemudian dan menjalankan siasatan dalaman, di mana Hazari ditemani wakil kesatuannya, mengaku bersalah kerana enggan mematuhi arahan pemindahan.Beliau diberhentikan pada 15 April 2021 dan mencabar keputusan itu di Mahkamah Perusahaan dengan mendakwa diberhentikan secara tidak adil.Mahkamah Perusahaan membuat keputusan memihak kepadanya dengan mendapati tindakan itu terlalu keras dan memerintahkan Pos Malaysia mengembalikannya sebagai kurier di Bukit Mertajam serta membayar gaji tertunggak selama 24 bulan, dikurangkan sebanyak 30% akibat tindakannya sendiri.Bagaimanapun, Ooi tidak bersetuju dengan berkata, Po…
The Penang High Court ruled that Pos Malaysia was justified in dismissing Hazari Ismail after he refused to comply with a transfer order.GEORGE TOWN: The High Court here has overturned an Industrial Court ruling that ordered Pos Malaysia to reinstate a postman dismissed for refusing a transfer from its Bukit Mertajam branch to Bayan Lepas.Justice Wendy Ooi allowed Pos Malaysia’s appeal and ruled that the company was justified in dismissing Hazari Ismail, 51, after he refused the transfer.The judge said the transfer was a legitimate management decision and that Hazari should have complied with the order before raising his objections through the proper channels.She said the transfer did not involve any loss of rank or benefits, and was allowed under Pos Malaysia’s employment terms.Ooi also found that Hazri's refusal amounted to wilful insubordination, as he had deliberately refused to follow a lawful instruction from his employer.Citing a Federal Court decision, she said employees must obey lawful management orders before challenging them.Hazari was ordered to pay RM5,000 in costs.Hazari had worked with Pos Malaysia for 25 years, joining as a postman at the Butterworth post office in 1996 before being transferred to Bukit Mertajam. He was promoted to Posmen Kanan cum Ketua Zon in 2019.In March 2021, he was transferred to the Bayan Lepas office but refused the move, asking to remain in Bukit Mertajam and offering to take up a lower position as a courier. Pos Malaysia rejected his request and instructed him to report to Bayan Lepas on March 29, 2021.
However, Hazari continued reporting for work at Bukit Mertajam after the end of his annual leave.The company later issued him a warning letter and held a domestic inquiry, where Hazari, accompanied by his union representative, pleaded guilty to refusing to comply with the transfer order.He was dismissed on April 15, 2021, and challenged the dismissal at the Industrial Court, claiming he had been unfairly dismissed.The Industrial Court ruled in his favour, finding that dismissal was too harsh. It ordered Pos Malaysia to reinstate him as a courier at Bukit Mertajam and awarded him 24 months’ back wages, reduced by 30% due to his own actions.However, Justice Ooi disagreed, saying Pos Malaysia had shown there was a need to fill a vacancy at the Bayan Lepas post office.Hazari also argued that health issues prevented him…
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