Louis Liaw Chambers
Award-Winning Employment & Industrial Relations Law Firm
Strategic Solutions. Lasting Alliances.
Louis Liaw Chambers
Award Winning Law Firm Specialising in Employment Related Dispute Resolution & Advisory
Strategic Solutions. Lasting Alliances.
Louis Liaw Chambers is a law firm in Kuala Lumpur specialising in Employment-related Dispute Resolution and Advisory.
We provide solutions to your employment-related legal problems.
Areas of Practice
We are capable of advising and/or representing both employers and employees, local and international, on the following matters:
Industrial Court Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Constructive dismissal
- Unfair / Wrongful dismissal
- Trade union disputes
Disciplinary actions and Internal Investigation
- Show cause
- Domestic Inquiry
- Internal Fact-Finding Exercise
- Medical Board Out
- Termination
Employment contracts and policies
- Employment contracts
- Employee handbooks
- Employee incentive schemes
- Director service agreements
- Gig-economy policies
- Human resource management policies
- Non-compete policies
- Performance Improvement Plans
- Voluntary & mutual separation schemes (VSS/MSS)
- Wages and benefits
- General advisory on a retainer basis
Civil Court Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Appeal & Judicial Review on Industrial Court awards
- Breach of employment contract
- Breach of duty of loyalty and fiduciary duties
- Breach of director’s duties
- Breach of confidence and trade secrets
- Bullying, harassment, and unwanted behaviour at the workplace
- Class-action suits
- Defamation
- Discrimination based on race, religion, gender, descent, and age
- Fraud
- Immunity from jurisdiction
- Injunctions
- Unlawful interference with trade
Compliance
- Anti-corruption policies
- Anti-discrimination policies
- Domestic inquiry policies
- Sexual harassment policies
- Whistle-blowing policies
- Workplace safety policies
Organisation of Workforce
- Retrenchment
- Restructuring
- Relocation
- Retirement
- General advisory on a retainer basis
Criminal Defence for offences related
- Anti-Trafficking In Persons And Anti-Smuggling Of Migrants Act 2007
- Children and Young Person (Employment) Act 1966
- Factories and Machinery Act 1967
- Employees’ Minimum Standards of Housing, Accommodations and Amenities Act 1990
- Employees Provident Fund Act 1991
- Employees’ Social Security Act 1969
- Employment Act 1955
- Employment (Restriction) Act 1968
- Employment Insurance System Act 2017
- Employment Information Act 1953
- Immigration Act 1963
- Industrial Relations Act 1967
- Minimum Retirement Age 2012
- National Wages Consultative Council Act 2011 and Minimum Wage Orders
- Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994
- Trade Union Act 1959
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Title: Employees cause Business Losses: Can Companies Sue?
Date: 27.08.2026
Time: 3 – 4.30pm (with Q&A)
Platform: Zoom
Fee: Free
Speaker: Louis Liaw Vern Xien, Employment Lawyer & Principal of Louis Liaw Chambers
Who should attend: Employers, Business Owners, HR Managers
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Areas of Practice
In terms of litigation, the firm specializes in representing both employers and employees in employment-related cases. This includes public and government-linked companies, as well as high-level staff like C-suite executives and executive directors. The firm handles claims in both the industrial court and civil claims in the High Court.
On the advisory side, the services the firm offers include helping companies review important documents like employment contracts, employee handbooks, and workplace policies. The firm also offers guidance on complex issues such as retrenchment and reorganization, and is equipped to conduct internal investigations to find facts.
Internal Investigation
Litigation
Document Reviews
Compliance
Employment Advisory
Statutory Defence / Pursuits

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