Agree with the others, this is quite BS

I would quite laugh at the face of the boss really, he is just trying to threaten you

Official last day is 29th of July, end of the story, world can die and company burn on the 29th afternoon, officially you do not have obligation to work for them after that.
And they have to give you full money and all since you did your side of the work.
Just to check, the stock issue, is it due by some error you did?
If so then can negociate, but otherwise not.

After that if the boss wants to make some special arrangements with you to work a bit more to finish some added work or something, it's really up to you.
But then you guys both decided on arrangement (money, time etc.)

Hello epriann,

I am a foreigner too so maybe I can at least answer some of your questions:

- I heard, here we must get what so called a release letter before we can join another company, else we will have to return to home country for 6 months, is it correct ?
Yes, you need to get a release letter from your current company.
Then you can pass it to the agent of the new company that will handle your case
With this the agent will cancel your current visa (since it's associated to your current company) and issue the new working visa with the new company.
If I remember correctly the exact cooling period between the 2 visas is 2 weeks, but meanwhile you can stay in Malaysia (you will be issued a normal touristic visa for this).
I do not remember me having to leave the country by doing it this way.

- how about the immigration thingy, as im going to be converted to another company, is my family, my wife and kids also need to convert they pass ?, as it still got 1 year + validity
I was single at the time I jumped ship so I am not totally certain, but what kind of visa do they have?
If it's a touristic visa and in no way associated with your current company, I believe they should not have to change anything.
You might want to ask the visa agent of the new company about this.

- in my contract stated, notice period 2 months, if I do not follow that I will get penalty 2x salary, so if I follow the contract, there shouldn’t be any issue is it ?
If you follow the contract and give the 2 months notice, you should not have anything special to do if your contract does not mention about it.

- how if after I follow all the process but still my company giving me hard time to get the release letter, is there anything I can do to push them ?
Well, after this it comes to soft skill and negotiation with your current company.
Just try to make the transition as smooth as possible with your current company and be straightforward with them.
Explain about the new offer and why you would go with it (who knows, they might even make you a counter-offer )

Officially they have to give you this release letter anyway I believe, they might just make it troublesome if they are not happy which is why I just suggest to try to make it as smoothly as possible
Personally my boss wasnt exactly so happy about it but I managed to make it smooth enough he didnt give me any issue.

Then yar, if it's not a fault done by you then you are under no obligation to work anymore.

If you WANT to do so, can negociate with the boss but from what you are saying it does not look like you want.

Agree with faceless, if they do not pay, report them

As far as I know, if your boss does not approve, HR cannot process resignation already.

Is there a mention in your contract that you can officially buy over the resignation period?
I know most companies accept this (again, on manager approval) but if it's not in your contract you are pretty much screwed if managed does not agree to it

Well, it's not slave, maybe I was too direct in my previous posts, it's just contract binding which is why you should read it very carefully before signing.

Usually bosses arent stupid and are not going to play "rough" and keep someone around for 2 months that does not want to.

Just that if she make things complicated, it will take longer and all, meaning harder also to deal with the newer company

If other colleagues manage to buy over then just try to talk to the boss and explain again, be nice a bit and hopefully it pass

Wait...

36000rms for 15 years of unpaid labor?!

The article does not precise if it's 36000 each or for both, but even if it's for each of them, that's 200rm for month unpaid.....

For 7/7 days, 12 hours a day?!

What the hell is that legal counselor?!

I would have sued the company to the ground and the owner would not have a single sen left...

Oh and let's not even go into the fact that the company used minors as workers (15 ago the 2 bros were 15 and 16...)

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Aug 25 2010, 09:13 AM

Ask competitor if they are ready to make some arrangement about this.

If they really want you then you can negotiate to have them pay part or the whole thing.