Etini
Valued Contributor
With the high rate of unemployment, people are desperate to accept any job offer even without being issued a formal appointment letter. They rely on verbal agreements and negotiations during the interview process to be considered as employees of the organisation. It is very detrimental to such a staff to work without an appointment letter in the following ways:
1) No clarity on terms of engagement: Usually, an appointment letter contains the terms of a staff's engagement and the responsibilities on both sides. Any discrepancy on these terms can be settled with the contents of the appointment letter. An absence of it would lead to assumptions which might not favour the employee.
2) Tendency for exploitation: Staff that have not been issued with an appointment letter might end up being exploited in terms of multiplicity of role/ responsibilities and even payments because there is no appointment letter that clearly defines the boundary of their job roles.
1) No clarity on terms of engagement: Usually, an appointment letter contains the terms of a staff's engagement and the responsibilities on both sides. Any discrepancy on these terms can be settled with the contents of the appointment letter. An absence of it would lead to assumptions which might not favour the employee.
2) Tendency for exploitation: Staff that have not been issued with an appointment letter might end up being exploited in terms of multiplicity of role/ responsibilities and even payments because there is no appointment letter that clearly defines the boundary of their job roles.