Fair Play for Employee Rights at Your Business
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Employee rights at your business should be at the forefront of ongoing policies and governance. Without a reliable workforce, there is no business. However, operations aside, everyone at the company has the right to things like fair remuneration and personal time off in a decent place.
A Safe Place to Work
Workplace safety comes high on the list of pretty much any assessment of employee welfare. If you have been treated poorly at work in a way that causes physical or mental harm, workers compensation claim lawyers can help you with your case. As an employer, you have a big responsibility to ensure the safety of everyone, staff, and visitors who enter your business. Protection also applies to offsite activities, including education, management, and PPE.
Fair Pay for a Fair Day
No one wants to be underpaid, and nobody should be. Yet even today, wages are a point of contention worldwide. Fair pay is mandated by law in countries like the UK, which have a minimum wage. Yet, there are no such laws in many countries. But that isn’t a green light to take advantage of hard-working people. The gender pay gap also still exists, which, of course, is entirely unfair. Working to phase out these indignities helps you, the staff, and the company.
Discrimination Employee Rights at Your Business
Workplace safety doesn’t only involve physical protection. Many other dangers present themselves in the workplace, including discrimination. A Monster poll found that 91% of people at work have experienced some form of discrimination. This includes DEI-protected characteristics such as sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, race, and even pregnancy. Regardless of DEI data, everyone has the right to inclusion and treatment in the same way as others.
Sanctioned Time Off
In addition to characteristics such as being pregnant, workers have the right to specifically sanctioned time off days. This includes pregnancy. But there are a myriad of reasons why people need time away from work, such as bereavement, illness, and injury. Forcing people to work when they aren’t in the right frame of mind or health is dangerous. It is dangerous for their personal, mental, and physical safety and the safety of other employees at your business.
Dignity in the Workplace
Safety and rights are one thing. However, one workplace element helps your company and your workers. Common human dignity is somewhat lacking in many workplaces all over the world. Everyone has the right to be treated decently by management and other workers within your business. A zero-tolerance approach to bullying, harassment, and discrimination is the only approach to such issues, and it begins at the very top level.
Summary
A safe working environment is the basis for employee rights at your business. But it extends to much more than that. Employees have the right to protection from discrimination based on gender, race, and ethnicity. A zero-tolerance approach will help you build a dignified workplace.
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