Author/Authors :
SEÇER, Barış Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi - Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakultesi (İİBF) - Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Endüstri İlişkileri Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
WORKERS AVOIDANCE OF USING THEIR RIGHTS: THE CAUSES AND SOLUTION APPROACHES
Abstract :
Through the legislation which regulates the working life, workers have a lot of statutory rights. But it doesn’t mean that the workers exercises this rights certainly. In spite of the legal sanctions, workers can avoid to exercise their rights. Because rights have a dimension which shaped by the worker’s subjective consideration. Workers make an cost/benefit assessment about exercising rights. These assessments affected by some factors such as personality characteristics, job and employer related factors, unemployment and job insecurity. The main aim of this study is explaining the process of exercising rights of workers and the factors which affects these process. In this study, trade unions and workplace committees which can provide the exercising these rights are discussed. On the other hand, discrimination and employment security regulations, and social responsibility practices are also addressed.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
employee rights , exercising of employee rights , trade unions , workplace committees
JournalTitle :
dokuz eylul university the journal of graduate school of social sciences
