Who has the upper hand???

No it's not always that an individual who is at recieving end and the bargaining power always shifts in favour of an employer. In my opinion, whetrhe it is the employee or the meployer, has an upper hand wins the bargain. In the case of Darrel Hair, certainly Mr.Hair had an upper hand. His expertise in field ofumpiring, experience and his success enabled him to make such demnads. Basically, th current situation of both employee and employer along with many other factors palys a vital role to decid who will be at receiving end.
In all these situations, either party looks for his own interests, nobody wants to lose his opportunity. Both parties know whenener in future if any one of them has the upper hand, will take the maximum benefit out of it. Hence this makes the bargaining process unstable and unequal. Similarly, in Darrel Hair case, Mr. Hair is certainly looking for his own interest and dont want to lose the ooportunity while making his demands.
Taking myself intothat situation, I think if I have an upper hand, certainly I will make an offer. For example, in my college placement period, some guys had multiple offers. After bieng placed in the first company when they sat for interviews of other companies, these students had an option to demand on basis of their knowledge, skills etc.
But being an employer at these knid of situations, I may have to look into various factors. First of all I will look into the concerns put forwarded by the employee. The genuiness of his offer, alternatives, aftreeffect of both accepting and rejecting his offer will be taken into account. If I see his demnads are within limits of the company and is justifiable then I may accept the offer. On the other hand if his demands are not geuine or way away from the limits, then I will have no problem in rejecting his offer.
But in today's scenario I think the bargaining power mostly remains in favor of employer. This is due to the large pool of aspirant employees available for the employer and high competitive labour force, which makes the employer find the substitute of an employee very easy.

Regards,
Soumya