Thursday, 24 January 2013

Its Time To Know About Employment Law

In this world of cut throat competition nothing is free, especially justice and if you want it from your employers then it is going to cost you a lot. In today’s time when there is no mutual respect left between the employer and employees, maximum layoffs are taking place. One can never say that at what point of time his or her company will throw them out and the reason behind this, is a never ending race for success, power and money. Therefore, you need to fight for what you really deserve with the help of employment law. The employment law is made for controlling the injustice of employers to their employees.


Today many companies throw their employees out just because of some stupid reasons like- maternity leave. If a woman employee gets pregnant and won’t be able to come for work then they give her termination letter without even an explanation or if you are young then your promotion got stopped because you are too young to handle a big responsibility in the company. These are some incidents which may sound stupid but happen all the time and mostly in big corporate firms. Therefore it would be preferable that you consult a reputed law firm for handling employment law issues. Some of the key elements that you should look for before hiring a law firm are:-

Well Informed- The employment law is one area where changes keep taking place therefore its important that a lawyer is well informed about every minute detail and technical changes that keep taking place in this area.

Well Practiced- Employment law simply means statutory laws, rules and regulation regarding the employee and employer relationship. Some of the basic disputes which arise between the employee and employer are-
Contract Disputes
Payment Disputes
Discrimination Disputes
Wrongful Termination
Civil Rights Violation
The law firm should have lots of expertise in handling these type of employment related issues.

Should know its duties- Employment law is not only for employees but for employers as well because many a time its not employers fault. Therefore, watch out for interest of both the parties and try to find a midway path on which both parties will agree.

Employees- Make them aware about various type of employment discrimination like-
Age discrimination
Gender discrimination
Cast discrimination
Workplace Harassment
Also, make them aware about their rights and providing assistance if they are facing a wrongful termination issue.

Employers- providing them right assistance related to employees issue and help them understand their rights. Also, advising the executives of company about the law of contract and wrongful termination of employees.

Positive Representation- Last, but most importantly a law firm should be able to represent its client in a positive way because only a right kind of presentation is the only way to get what you really deserve. Therefore, look out for a law firm which is very successful and have years of experience in this field.

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