I have come across a lot of cases where the employer tends to abuse his or her authority on the workers, they feel cause they pay them hence they have rights over them, personally i feel this is wrong, employees are still humans and they have rights. What's your take on this.
Do employees have rights?
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Yes, they do in sane climes. In non sane climes, they don't have rights. And those climes are where unemployment is rife so the employer believes he is doing the employee a favour.
of course, they have a long list of rights, the problem is that most of them are generally not known to us, one should read them but sometimes we don't and ignorance sometimes makes you do things or receive orders that really shouldn't concern you
And sometimes we might even know our rights but can't exercise them because of ignorance or fear.
Employees here are protected by the Labor law and they have certain basic rights, including the right to get long service payments, rest days, annual leave, sick leave and maternity leave.
Of course an employee has rights especially to get a salary or wages, the right to receive overtime pay, equal treatment without discrimination, humane working time. Even so, in private companies there are some leaders who are arrogant, rude, etc. but we also have the right to resign and look for work elsewhere.
Management should ensure that all employees have basic rights, such as fair wage payment, a safe working environment and the right to join a union and collectively bargain. To protect both the organization and the employee, management should also ensure that the organization adheres to local laws which provide additional rights to employees, including the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of race, gender and other protected classes.
Exactly, the best thing is to know what they are and act accordingly so that they do not treat you improperly and lose the fear of acting
That'd the truth their rights should be protected because they are humans that needs to be respected as well.
