Short Essay on Hire and Fire – Where an employer hires employees on temporary basis with an understanding that there is no job security in such employment, meaning whereby that the people so employed can be dismissed at the drop of a hat, the arrangement is known as the policy of ‘hire and fire’ in general parlance.
Such arrangement is normally practiced in private sector.
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However, even government departments hire people on ad hoc basis and dismiss them when the work is over. The expression ‘hire and fire’ does not mean a policy or right where an employer ‘can’ dismiss a worker forthwith, for that right is available to all employers alike.
The only difference is that to dismiss a workman the employer has to have a reason in normal circumstances but in case of ‘hire and fire’ the person can be dismissed simply because the employer does not need him anymore. There is no livelihood-related obligation on the employer towards the workman.
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