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Running head: Employee’s vs. Employer’s Rights

Employee’s vs. Employer’s Rights

Introduction:

The term „work „for many people means life existence, by doing certain type of work people earn money which is used to supply us with basic life needs such as food, clothing, shelter, etc. We live in a society in which money powers the world. “Because work is necessary for obtaining so many other goods, work can be said to have an exceptionally important instrumental value“(Desjardins, 2010). Work is a connection between employer and employee. In labor market employers seek to find qualified workers and employees seeks to find paid work. Employees need money to survive and employers are providing that money in exchange for some work. This relationship between employer and employee brings another relationship between employer’s rights and employee’s rights. Mutual respect between employer and employee will have positive impact for both sides, and most important it will have positive impact on company in terms of success. More companies are losing much of their money in laws suits to pay off damages that were made because employers did not respect employee’s rights. By today many laws, regulations and statues are enacted to protect employee’s right as well as employer’s. Employer’s basic rights are to hire, fire, promote, and demote employees based on their qualifications, knowledge, skills, ability and performance. Employees have right to know what expectations are required of them, what they have to do and in what way do they have to do specific task, also they have a right to know what will be consequences if they fail to do what is requested from them. By knowing this they can avoid bad performance evaluation and dismiss from the job as well. Employee’s rights are to rights to have an “right to a minimum wage, equal opportunity, to bargain collectively, specific health care package, paid holidays, pension funds”, etc. (Desjardins, 2010). Both employers...