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  "id": 5531159,
  "title": "Union loses bid to retain secretary after employment status ruling",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/union-loses-bid-to-retain-secretary-after-employment-status-ruling-5531159",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T08:45:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "Judge says salary payments and Perkeso contributions alone do not prove that Kamarul Baharin Mansor was employed under a contract of service.",
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