Employment Relationships

 Employment relationship is the relationship between employee and employer where the employee is expected to perform task while adhering to the rules and regulations provided by the employee (Venkataratnam, 2004). Employment relationship is important as it allows the employee understand his or her rights and obligations. I agree that   the employer usually has the authority in  the employment relationships because  in the organization, employers  has the authority to make decisions and an employee should be under  the employer authority  and  follow the guidelines in  performing  the assigned tasks. Note that the employer usually has the authority in that he or she should develop a control system such as compensation systems which align with organizational goals (Venkataratnam, 2004). Other point is that the employment relationship is regulated or in other words an employer should create ‘set of rules’   which   the employee should follow. In the contract of employment, employees are viewed as subordinates and an employer has an obligation and authority to ensure that the employee adheres to the rules. When the employee violates the employment contract, the employer has the authority to take courses of action such as legal action (Venkataratnam, 2004).

The employee possibly will have a maximum power over the employer especially when the organization requires an employee with special skills to perform a particular task. In this scenario, an employee has a maximize power for the organization to achieve the goals in the internal labour market. The scenario creates a market relationship where the employee has the   ‘responsible autonomy’ in managing the work and enjoying a maximum power over the employer (Ruysseveldt, Huiskamp & Hoof, 1995).  At this point, employer and employee may agree on compensation amount and an employee has the authority to express his or her concern.  Since the employee has special skills on a particular task, he or she controls the performance.

References

Ruysseveldt, J. ., Huiskamp, R., & Hoof, J. J. B. M. (1995). Comparative industrial & employment relations.

London: SAGE Publications.

 Venkataratnam. (2004). Personnel Management and Human Resources. Tata McGraw-Hill Education,