Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd has clarified that the Federal Court, in its oral judgment, did not rule that the bank was guilty of union-busting or that it had broken any law.

“The Federal Court merely affirmed the decision made by the minister of human resources that the employees involved were not engaged in an executive, managerial, confidential and security capacity, and that the minister was not obliged to provide the report and investigation upon which he had based his decision on,” it said in response to the various articles published online and in print over the weekend concerning the Federal Court’s decision involving Alliance Bank.

The bank said the promotion exercise conducted in 2012 was a genuine effort on the bank’s part to help improve the career prospects and advancement of deserving employees and to cater for business exigencies.

In any case, the employees involved were not denied union representation and were represented by another union body, it added.

- Bernama