What are employee rights?

As far as rights are concerned, an employee has different types of rights, and each of them is of great importance on an overall level.
The first of these is the right relating to the economic aspect.
In this case it must be considered that for every job performed, an employee must be paid.
The salary, of course, must be correct and therefore be calculated according to the type of work performed, the quality and the hours that that employee lends to the company for which he works.

But this is only the first type of right an employee has: there is also the right to health.
In this case, it should be pointed out that every employer is obliged to make his company safe, i.e. to prevent elements and situations that cause damage to his employees.
Periodically, therefore, the employer, with the help of the company lawyer, must carry out checks on his company in order to establish which aspects need to be reviewed, and thus prevent the situation from becoming less than optimal.
Avoiding accidents at work is therefore the main task that every employer must carry out in order to prevent any kind of negative situation.
Still on the health front, it is important to emphasise that workers’ rights include the right to weekly rest.
Every worker must have one day off for every 24 hours of work: for example, on an eight-hour shift, the worker must rest for the same amount of time on the fourth day.
In addition to this right, holidays must also be taken into account. They must be calculated on a clear basis and the worker must have the accumulated rest days that characterise holidays.

Other rights include the right to hold public office.
For example, an employee may decide to take part in elections in order to be a mayor or other similar important position.
In this case, the employee is entitled to exercise this type of function, enjoying a period of leave without pay equal to the duration of the mandate for the political and/or public office he is assuming.

In addition, there is the right to join a trade union, with the possibility of participating in meetings, joining strikes and other activities organised by the trade union.
Lastly, there is the right to maternity and paternity leave, i.e. the opportunity to start a family.

In the specific case of the mother, she has the right to be absent from work for two months before the birth of her child and three months after giving birth, without this having any negative consequences on her employment status.
It is also possible to take paid leave to attend various gynaecological and other examinations to avoid serious complications that could endanger the health of the unborn child and the mother.

In addition to this aspect, it is important to consider how the employer is obliged to create an environment in which the employee can carry out all the various work tasks with serenity and safety.
The employment lawyer’s aim is to prevent an employee from being abused by the employer, such as, for example, not being able to do the job at all, having a workload that exceeds his or her competences or other similar situations.

It is therefore necessary to take into consideration how the lawyer has the task of analysing the situation in which the employee finds himself, thus avoiding that the employee may be subjected to a series of acts that go beyond the powers of the employer with the aim, precisely, of causing moral and physical damage to that employee.
Those who find themselves in such situations must therefore be protected by an employment lawyer, thus preventing a series of potential complications.

Another aspect that needs to be taken into consideration concerns the protection of the employee in the event of an accident.
The lawyer must examine, again, every single aspect of the employee’s situation and prevent him or her from being subjected to acts and behaviour that may be less than optimal for that person.

In addition, the visits and other aspects relating to the management of the accident must be supervised by the employment lawyer, so that the employee may be able to avoid the situation being complex to deal with.

Each employer must therefore be subject to the specific protections provided for in the various articles relating to labour law, and obviously the employer has the task of respecting any limits that relate precisely to his role and other types of situations that may be harmful to an employee, whether public or private.