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HRM Process and Tourism

HRM Process and Tourism

Types of Employment Contracts

The definition of the Employment law states, “The body of law that governs the employer-employee relationship, including individual employment contracts, the application of tort and contract doctrines, and a large group of statutory regulation on issues such as the right to organize and negotiate collective bargaining agreements, protection from discrimination, wages and hours, and health and safety (thefreedictionary.com).” An employee contract is the employment agreement, which is the binding between the employee and the employer that is enforceable by law. According to Sir Otto Kahn-Freund, an influential labor lawyer,

“The relation between an employer and an isolated employee or worker is typically a relation between a bearer of power and one who is not a bearer of power. In its inception it is an act of submission, in its operation it is a condition of subordination, however much the submission and the subordination may be concealed by the indispensable figment of the legal mind known as the 'contract of employment'. The main object of labor law has been, and... will always be a countervailing force to counteract the inequality of bargaining power which is inherent and must be inherent in the employment relationship.”

The employee may not demand performance which is not present in an employment contract, except as provided by the Employment Rights Act 1996. Thus, the employee is legally guaranteed by the conditions of the contract which were agreed at its conclusion, and a unilateral change is not allowed. Different authors identify different reasons for the classification of contracts. Some believe that employment contracts are classified into types on the term (contracts for permanent employment and term employment contracts), which, in turn, are classified according to content and procedure for conclusion (Torrington 2005, 90). The differentiation of labor agreements on terms of their actions, acting as their legal classification, under which employment contracts can be concluded:

For an indefinite period

For a specified period not exceeding five years (fixed-term employment contract), unless otherwise established by the employment law and regulations.

Fixed-term employment contract may be concluded in two cases:

When the employment relationship cannot be established for an indefinite period, given the nature of the work or its execution environment

By agreement of the parties to the employment contract without regard to the nature of the work and conditions for its implementation

Employment Contracts in Hospitality and Tourism Industry

The contracts used in the majority of hospitality and tourism industry like in the British Airways are:

Open Ended Contracts

The open ended employment contract is the contract for employee in which there is no date of termination for the employees. As long as the performance of the employee meets the expectations of the company, the employee has an ambiguous duration of time. In this type of contract, the employee is relieved from the stress that he/she will be terminated on a particular date. The employee knows that if his performance remains consistent, their employment will also remain consistent.

In majority of the Airways industry, the employment contracts are ...