Employment Law: Building Strong Employer-Employee Relationships

EMPLOYMENT LAW

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EMPLOYMENT LAW
It refer to such laws which is mainly stipulated in respect of building the strong
relationship between the employer and employee to maintain discipline and loyalty at work
place. As various state and federal laws are stipulated in respect of protecting the right of the
workers in the organization. Government imposed various norms in respect of managing the
working of the organization as health and safety of the employees, prevent the activities
related to discrimination and also working under the equality act1. It is also stated if any
workers feel that their right are violated or infringed in respect of attaining any task, than they
carry the right to file the suit for compensation under the employment rights act, 1996. In this
essay, the discussion is undertaken regarding outlining the difference between the workers
and independent contractors working under the common and statue norms. It also carried the
implication regarding to examining the legal position for the employers and employed staff.
As in respect of understanding the difference between the employees, workers and
individual contractors, it determines in wider ways. In context of business, it is managed by
maintaining the relationship between the employer and employee through signing the
contract in respect of considering to be the part of the business2. During the time of Brexit,
the norms are imposed in respect of restricting the employees to travel in different
countries in respect of getting jobs. As if any person demanded to be the part of the
business, they had to enter into the contract of employment with the company. In respect of
entering into any contract, it is necessary to fulfill 4 basic essential elements such as offer,
acceptance, promise and Intention to create legal relations. After examining all the
conditions, both the person decided to enter into the contract regarding considering the
employment contract valid.
The role of the employees and individual contractors are same as they both are
appointed under the same pay scale. But the difference between the two are relies on various
points such as in case of following the employment laws, for employees they are covered
under the employment and labor laws but in case of independent contractors, they are not
covered under the employment and labor laws3. In respective of hiring practices, employees
enjoy the rights in respect of getting accurate pay scale, salary benefits and other monetary
benefits such as availing the benefits under the National Minimum Wages Act, 1998. In point
of view of individual contractors, they not carry any right instead of dealing with the
supervisors regarding understanding the work to be committed. The employees enjoy the tax
benefits in the business regarding deduction some amount in respective of security of their
life and also gets benefits under the Pensions Act, 19954. But in case of individual contractors
1 Cabrelli, D., 2016. Employment Law in Context: Text and Materials. Oxford
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2 Fagan, C. and Rubery, J., 2018. Advancing gender equality through European
employment policy: the impact of the UK's EU membership and the risks of
Brexit. Social Policy and Society. 17(2). pp.297-317.
3 Freedland, M. and Dhorajiwala, H., 2019. UK response to new trade Union strategies
for new forms of employment. European Labour Law Journal. 10(3). pp.281-290.
4 Cruz, K., Hardy, K. and Sanders, T., 2017. False Self‐Employment, Autonomy and
Regulating for Decent Work: Improving Working Conditions in the UK Stripping