Employee loyalty is something that cannot be bought but it has to be earned. The next question that comes up here is how loyalty can be earned? Loyalty can be earned by being honest with your employees. If the leader sits down and discussed the issues, causes and effects of downsizing with his employees that not only benefits the employee- employer relationship but it also strength the loyalty factor. The employees who are toiling hard in an organization have all the right to know what is going on in the organization.