whip hand

Noun

 * 1) The hand in which a horse rider holds the whip.
 * 2)  An advantage over another; the dominant position.
 * 3) * 2014, Phillip Inman, As UK economy recovers, employers remain reluctant to increase wages, The Guardian:
 * Few workers are unionised, and in the UK's increasingly flexible labour market, where it is almost impossible to quit a job and claim unemployment benefits, where zero hour contracts are still a feature and where self-employment is on the rise, employers have the whip hand.
 * 1) * 2014, Phillip Inman, As UK economy recovers, employers remain reluctant to increase wages, The Guardian:
 * Few workers are unionised, and in the UK's increasingly flexible labour market, where it is almost impossible to quit a job and claim unemployment benefits, where zero hour contracts are still a feature and where self-employment is on the rise, employers have the whip hand.