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This job is for a Senior Assistant Vice President of Industrial Relations at Astro Malaysia. You might like this job because it involves managing end-to-end internal cases, compliance with labor laws, HR policies, and transformation activities, including freelance management and governance of ESG.

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All Asia Broadcast Centre, Kuala Lumpur

Job Description

WHY JOIN US?

  • We practice a vibrant & energetic office culture.

  • We provide opportunities for career advancement within the company.

  • Good performance is always rewarded accordingly.

It's our people that make Astro Malaysia’s leading entertainment company. We are an inclusive employer, to enable everyone at Astro to be their best. We embrace differences – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products/services and our community. We also understand and appreciate that diversity is a driver of creativity and innovation, which will make our business more competitive, compelling and profitable.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

What You'll Do

  • Industrial Relations
    • Handling and managing end-to-end of internal cases, including investigative work, liaising with Management and HODs, taking statements from employees and stakeholders for Group.
    • Management of whistleblower cases and grievances that comes to HR.
    • Management of employment litigation – appointment and instruction to external counsel, providing assessment of strength of cases, documentation and ensuring best case is put forward in all litigation, assessment on appeals and reviews where applicable.
    • Management of reporting to authorities and statutory bodies in cases of redundancies and other cases which requires statutory reporting for employment cases
    • Updating Management on material cases and providing relevant updates as and when requested/necessary.
    • Establishing and maintaining leadership team that is aware of our obligations and internal processes in handling misconduct and poor performance.
    • Act as liaison officer with relevant government bodies on all IR matters.

  • Compliance with Malaysian labour laws
    • Ensure we comply with all updated employment laws across the group e.g. on minimum wages, minimum benefits, and all statutory deductions.
    • Ensuring employment contracts are updated and standardized with risk-mitigating clauses to protect company’s interests and values.

  • Internal HR policies
    • Ensuring that all HR policies are updated and published.
    • Ensuring that we comply with all laws in our HR policies.

  • Transformation & Employment Advisory
    • Act as employment law specialist/subject matter expert in relation to transformation activities especially if involving reduction of workforce.
    • Engage business heads and key stakeholders to provide input on employment laws and provide risk-mitigating alternatives/strategies. 

  • Freelance Management
    • Provide managerial and strategic support to the Freelance Unit, comprising of assessment of exceptions to policies, amendment to practices and process improvements.
    • Managing internal stakeholders on freelance and talent requirements.
    • Ensuring compliance to internal processes and external legal obligations on recruiting independent contractors for work.

  • Governance of ESG & Special Project
    • Owner of ESG representative for Human Capital focusing on the Social pillar
    • Ownership of the organization’s inclusion and diversity approach, as well as educating teams on unconscious bias in recruiting along with promoting inclusive behaviour within the workplace.
    • Responsible to ensure company job ad appropriate and inclusive language and keeping up to date with local and national workplace laws, as well as human rights policies.
    • Keep up to date with, and maintain compliance with, national policies that are focused on inclusion in the workplace.
    • Create company policies and guidelines that address harassment
    • Be responsible for tracking inclusivity metrics.

Who You Are

  • Around 10 years experience in managing full spectrum of IR work including in leadership roles in managing an internal IR team.
  • In-depth knowledge of industrial relations processes including the conciliation at the Jabatan Perhubungan Perusahaan (Industrial Relations Dept), the Industrial Court, as well as the Civil Courts.
  • Negotiation and counselling skills for internal people management.

It's our people that make Astro Malaysia’s leading entertainment company. We are an inclusive employer, to enable everyone at Astro to be their best. We embrace differences – we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products/services and our community. We also understand and appreciate that diversity is a driver of creativity and innovation, which will make our business more competitive, compelling and profitable.

REQUIREMENTS:


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Company Benefits

Career development

At Astro, you can take up apprenticeships, train your technical skills, foster your soft skills and enhance the quality of your leadership.

Employee engagement

We commemorate significant achievements and plan enjoyable events and activities to maintain the engagement of our staff all year round.

Astro Young Talent Programme

We have curated a robust rotation and development plan so you can apply your knowledge with experience in Malaysia’s leading entertainment space!


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Company Profile

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Astro

Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad (“Astro”) is Malaysia’s leading content and consumer company, serving 75% of Malaysian households across our TV, radio, digital and commerce platforms.

As a trusted brand, Astro keeps Malaysians entertained and informed with a variety of vernacular, international and live sports content, engaging with 24 million individuals.

We are Malaysia’s biggest content creator, in a market where viewing share is dominated by local content. Our three distinct video services, namely Astro Pay-TV, NJOI and sooka, our own OTT for millennials, are designed to serve Malaysians across all segments.

As we stride forward in our transformation journey to be Malaysia’s No.1 Entertainment Destination, we will continue to grow and evolve to serve customers better, inspiring and bringing Malaysians together along the way.

Source: astro.com.my