Employers in Malaysia often assume that as long as they provide notice or salary in lieu of notice, they are free to terminate an employee's services. Under the Industrial Relations Act 1967, employers are generally not free to terminate employees solely by relying on a contractual notice clause. In many cases, a termination is expected to be supported by just cause or excuse, and the employer may need to show that the decision was both substantively and procedurally fair. Wh