Friday, June 28, 2019

Rights Of Workers To Get Compensated

By Diane Kennedy


Every individual has to work really hard in order to earn money for living. We have to accept the reality that nothing in this world is for free, well except for the air we breathe since such is given to us by nature. For some people, they have families and children who are depending on him. Prevailing Wage Contractors are really important to our society to ensure that their services are being compensated properly.

Employment is no longer new in our community. As a matter of fact, this has been in practice by the people of old times. They may have a different term for such but it actually has the same meaning. We cannot deny that whenever there is more business investment it follows that more job opportunity for citizens too.

According to the rule on business, trade has actually two different aspects. One is goods and the other is services. During the old times, barter was very rampant. Of course, considering that there was still no monetary value during that time. Barter actually is the trade or swap of items depending on the taste of the owners.

When revolution subsists, people started to realize their inherent rights as a human being. Aside from being entitled to payment for hard work they rendered, they also fought for their rights to be respected and be treated as an ordinary citizen. A lot of bloods have been scattered into the ground and several lives have been killed in this fight.

Way back during the old times, barter was actually very common because of the absence of money and gold. Barter is the literal exchange of item depending on its size or value to the owner. This was a very common practice by merchants who travel from place to place just to make some trade.

On the other hand, no matter how good our states are in protecting the rights of every citizen. We cannot hide the fact that because of poverty, there are still some people suffering from forced labor, or in worse term slavery. Forced labor is the rendering of work against the will of a person subject of such, either with or without pay.

Being that said, such form of slavery is indeed prohibited and in fact a violation against the inherent right of a person. We cannot deny that our society nowadays continues practicing this kind of illegal practice. We may just not see it but it exists actually. Politicians and other high ranking persons is the most common to be involved of this problem.

Slavery may not be apparent today but the act of rendering service with just payment is still not completely implemented. When a person is hired by another for a certain work, the former is obliged to pay the latter the amount agreed upon. The latter is also obliged to render make the job done according to the contract.

However, in computing the exact amount to be given to a certain worker, minimum wage prescribed by the law shall be referred first. Parties may also stipulate in their contract regarding the price of its service. So long as the stipulation is not contrary to law, custom and public policy.




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