No confirmation letter, is it auto confirmed by default?
Many of my friends have been troubled by this question lately. Some of them are planning to leave their respective company, but are completely clueless whether they have been confirmed or not. And there are also some who are afraid they might be terminated without warning because there’s no news of their probation period.
That is the reason why I’m writing this article and I do hope that this simple article can clear some of your doubts.
The first thing you should do is to check your employment agreement. Different companies have different policies so this is not standard across the country.
For those with employment agreement which says that the probation period will be extended unless being told otherwise, it means that if you are not being given the confirmation letter, you will be regarded as someone who is still under probation. If your probation period has ended, please please please ensure you know the status of your employment with the company. This is because if they do not confirm you, there should be a letter which informs you that the probation period has been extended.
But by default, an employee will be automatically confirmed even if there is no confirmation letter. This is based on my conversation with few friends in the Human Resource sectors. Unless, you have a special clause like “your probation period will be extended unless being informed otherwise”. Then it’s a different story.
Again, I must stress that different companies have different policies. As far as I know, most companies practice the default policy where any employee under probation will be automatically confirmed after the probation period has ended, even without any confirmation letter.
So, do take note of the change in notice periods because once you’re being confirmed, the notice period will become significantly longer.
Hope it helps and do correct me if I’m wrong.
If you still have some doubts, please feel free to contact the labor department.
Contact number for local labour offices in Malaysia
or simply go to the official web site.
Labour Department Peninsular Malaysia
I do have a question for you if you don’t mind. Basically, my probationary period has been extended to 1 month (from 17th December till 17th January) and I have not receive a confirmation letter to this date. Do I have the rights to tender my resignation letter to the company with the release of 24 hours notice?
Please help. Thank You.
@Vert
ok, if u do not receive any confirmation letter, it is by default confirmed. but it is debatable. normally such situation is in favor of the employee but it depends on how petty your current employer is. for my case, my employer said they have not given me any letter, so I am free to go with a short notice. but there are some employers who will go on and argue with you on this (some would say your confirmation letter is with them, when you throw your resignation letter). So it can be pretty subjective.