Employment law

Employment law
Summary

Employment law is a broad area including all areas of the employer/employee relationship except the negotiation process covered by labor law and collective bargaining.
Employment law protect a lot of rights, such as, employer have to pay compensation to employee if he is dismissed unfairly. Also women have right to time off if she is pregnant and a right come back to the same work place. Next, men over 65 and women over 60 can not get compensation for redundancy because of retirement age. In some cases employer, who has small business, can dismiss a sick employee. Turthermore, employee have a right to apply for a job whatever their race or sex and if this right is infringed, they can take their case to an industrial tribunal. Some members of EC have different retirement ages for man and women and it should be the same. One more issue is working on Sundays, because some countries limit Sunday trading. The right to strike is recognized by law, but all strikes must support majority of workers in a secret ballot. Japan employment law have some different from Western countries, for instance they work longer work hours and work most of their life for one person or firm.
All countries should have legislation which guarantees employment rights because all human rights must be protected.