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Are the rights you have as a citizen of the United States the same as the rights you have as an employee?
Chapter 13: Employees Rights and Discipline: 13.1a Employee Rights versus Employer Responsibilities Book Title: Managing Human Resources Printed By: Cedric Turner ([email protected]) © 2016 Cengage Learning, Cengage Learning
13.1a Employee Rights versus Employer Responsibilities
Balanced against employee rights is the employer’s responsibility to provide a safe workplace for employees while guaranteeing safe, quality goods and services to consumers. An employee who uses drugs may exercise his or her privacy right and refuse to submit to a drug test. But should that employee produce a faulty product as a result of drug impairment, the employer can be held liable for any harm caused by that product. Employers must therefore exercise reasonable care in the hiring, training, and assignment of employees to jobs.
It is here that employee rights and employer responsibilities often come into conflict. When employers fail to honor the rights of employees, it can result in costly lawsuits, damage the organization’s reputation, and hurt employee morale. But the failure to protect the safety and welfare of employees or consumer interests can invite litigation from both groups. In one case, the retailer Dillard’s was held accountable for the “hostile propensities” of one of its sales clerks toward an African American customer. The jury found that an employer can be held liable for the discriminatory conduct of its salesperson.
Chapter 13: Employees Rights and Discipline: 13.1a Employee Rights versus Employer Responsibilities Book Title: Managing Human Resources Printed By: Cedric Turner ([email protected]) © 2016 Cengage Learning, Cengage Learning
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