Employers are those who hire people for employment and the employees are those who work for the organization they are hired for. When employers and employees work together, they both have some rights and responsibilities pertaining to their health and safety, wages and good opportunities. All employers have the right to hire and terminate the employees according to their performance. Similarly, if an employee isn't getting what he deserves as per the organization's policies, he/she can take action against the employer. However, both should be aware of their actions. Employers can take help of employment law consultant to create equal opportunities for all. Here are some right and responsibilities of employer and employees:
Respect the Responsibilities:
This is the foremost step of every employer and employee that they should respect their responsibilities. If the employee doesn't respect their responsibilities, the employers should take some actions such as issuing the warning letter, firing employee etc. On the other hand, the employer should also be aware of their responsibility such as which kind of steps should be taken for the betterment of work-culture? Both should respect their work.
Safety Conditions:
According to the Indian Labour Law, the workplace should be safe and secure. Both the employer and employee should be aware of the labour law. Every employee must know the safety guideline while working in the organization. Safety guidelines should be provided by the employer as advised by the employment law consultants. For the safety purpose aprons, gloves, sound mufflers, etc, should be available.
Remuneration:
Every employee equally has the right to take fair payments and allowances from the organization. An employer is responsible to pay fairly to the employee and there should not be any discrimination in the payment of the employee.
Equalities on Workplace:
In any organization, both parties are responsible to maintain the equality at their workplace. An employee has the right to know about the aspects of harassment and abuses at the workplace. An employer has the responsibility to mention these terms and conditions at the workplace.
Right to Ask:
An employee has the right to ask anything about the organization from the employer. They have right to know anything that goes in and around in the organization except a couple of things related to finance while working with the company. Employers have the same responsibility to provide a detailed information about their task, duties, and rights at the workplace.
Policies at the workplace:
Organisation always works with some of the policies, which has to be followed by every employee working within its environment. These policies should be created by the employer and must be regulated for the employees. Privacy of such policies has to be maintained by the employees.
Inequality
It is a responsibility of an employee that the workplace is free from any sort of discrimination against gender, harassment, abuse, status, and pay gap. There should be strict policies that need to be adhered by the employees. Resulting in adherence should lead to either termination or any strong action.
Dressing & Activity
Every individual has its own way of dressing. An employer should give the freedom for any employer to dress according to his/her belief and tradition. However, a certain set of policies can be regulated by the employer to ensure no one is violating the work-culture.
Holidays
The employers and employees have the right to access the holidays given to them. No one has the right to tamper with these rights of either the parties. Family, personal, gusted and public holidays are present!
Respect
Every employee working in the environment should be respectful while dealing with other employees of an organization. An employer duty is to ensure that each employee should adhere to basic work ethics. Anyone violating these rules should call for a stringent action.
Entitlement
Important claims needed for the employment position like sick leave, superannuation, compensation and available insurance should be clarified by the employer to employers in any situation. It is the responsibility of the employees to not misuse any of these entitlements.
Proper Rights To Differently Abled
There are people with slight mental health problems who can work brilliantly if given good working conditions in an organization. An employer should have a specific set of rules that should favor people who are differently abled to offer them the chance and equal opportunity to work. As per the Disability Discrimination Act of 1992, any organization should make some adjustments in their policies for disabled employees so as to ensure he/she performs well. Adjustments can be made to working hours, leaves, equipment and facilities.
Preventing Harassment
In an organization, people from different groups work together. According to the Discrimination Act, any sort of verbal or physical abuse should not be tolerated by any employees. Many employers have strict guidelines to enforce this law to ensure everyone is given equal rights and no one is misusing these rights.
End-Note
It is important for employees and employers to understand their roles and responsibilities toward each other. This will ensure a good working culture of any organization. Employers should create policies that can give rights to the employers and employers should adhere to these policies without any negative consent.
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