Nigeria is a country known for little or no labor law so it is not surprising when you see employers exhibit some extremely callous traits without the helpless employee having nowhere to run to for justice. The only Industrial courts takes a minimum of 5 years to pass judgment on disputes between employers and employees and in most cases advice both parties to go and settle out of court.

Below is some of treatments employers’ exhibit to their employees and even brag about it.


• Owing his workers several month salary and yet still screams and threaten fire and brimstone if the employee resumes work a few minutes late.

• Refusing to offer an employment later with the intention of not fulfilling most of the agreement which were verbally stated previously.

• Owing workers and vendors but still boast of acquiring the latest auto mobile and going on vacation with family members.

• Making employees carryout assignment out of what was stated and agreed to as the employee’s scope of duty.

• Refusing to pay salary till the 10th day of the following month just as a strategy to tie down employees on your job as against resigning for fear of them forfeiting the unpaid salary.

• Making employees work later than the agreed working hours and also enforcing weekend and public holiday work without paying them bonuses or allowance.

• Transforming office staff to run domestic duties like following madam to the market to go shop for the house or going to pick your children from school.

• Openly encouraging your female staff to sell their bodies once it will translate to bringing in contract for your business.

• Physically attacking employees.

• Emotionally and psychologically bullying employees by uttering very sensitive words at them.

• Openly condemning one staff in from of another and trying to cause enmity amongst staff.

• Showing of favorism amongst staff.

• Telling employees to lie to visitors and creditors on your behalf.



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