A common fallacy in the business world is that employment law strictures are geared in favour of the workers, and hence are detrimental to the business-owners’ interests – and, therefore, “obviously” enough, are against business per se. The reality is that employment laws themselves were – and almost always are – formulated by the ruling classes, which hardly ever are the workers. There is no logically conceivable reason, then, that such laws would be geared against the ruling classes, those owning the businesses included. The reality is that, employment laws were and are usually formulated by - or on behalf of – the more enlightened sections of the ruling classes, who saw greater benefit in regulating the employment of the workers sustaining the productivity of their businesses in such a way that the employees remain content and loyal enough to retain the stability of the society and the business environment, to ensure continued productivity and progress of the businesses. In the process, more as a by-product rather than as the end-goal itself, such laws ensure some of the minimal rights and benefits for the workers – the employees.