Managing Employee Relations: Importance, Employment Laws, Rights, Duties, and Obligations

20 Managing Employee
Relations

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1 ................................................................................................................................................3
P1 Discuss value and importance of employee relations in application to specific organisational
examples..........................................................................................................................................3
P2. Explain the fundamentals of employment law that apply to specific organisational examples 4
TASK 2.................................................................................................................................................6
P3.Briefly analyse different types of rights, duties and obligations an employer and employee has
within the workplace........................................................................................................................6
P4 Give suggestions related to rights, duties and obligations of employment relationship............8
TASK3..................................................................................................................................................9
P5 For a given organisation conduct a complete analysis of stakeholders......................................9
TASK 4...............................................................................................................................................10
P6 Discuss both positive and negative impact of employee relation on different stakeholders....10
CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................13
Books & Journal:...........................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
In an organisational sector, employees are to be considered as asset of firm who increases
the business at higher level. It is important to manage relation in industry so that goals as well as
objectives are achieved in proper manner. Managing employee relations are defined as process in
which firm used to manage relation between subordinates and employers (Jennings, 2017). To
achieve goals in proper manner, it is essential for entity to be aware about how positive
relationships can be maintained at work place. Main aim of this report is to understand how
employee relation can assist in development of organisational objectives. Tesco, a multinational
corporation which deals in groceries, retailing and headquartered in UK. Organisation deals in
ample number of products and services such as cosmetics, apparels, etc. This report comprise of
importance of employee relations, fundamentals of employment law, different rights, duties, advise
related to rights of employee relationship, stakeholder analysis and effect of employee relation on
stakeholders.
TASK 1
P1 Discuss value and importance of employee relations in application to specific organisational
examples.
In corporate world, employee relations are most important because they help in
achievement of objectives in most specified manner. The HR manager is responsible for balancing
the relationship at workplace. To do this, they formulate and regulated different policies through
which they are able to maintain positive atmosphere in environment. Without proper positive
relationship, it is difficult to worm in correct in firm. In context with Tesco, they make ensure that
employers are able to develop healthy relationship between employees. Importance of employee
relation is further discussed below-
 Personnel engagement- Main reason for managing relation is that by doing this employees
are engaged towards each other, work, roles, responsibilities though which it is easy to
achieve desired common goals without facing any issue or problem. Furthermore, in chosen
firm Tesco, HR of company carry out many activities to engage subordinates at workplace.
It also leads to achieving of objectives in most efficient way (Abdullah, 2017). It is
necessary to be engage workforce in their roles so that productivity & progress level of
entity get increased at rapid scale.
 Effect on performance- Another point of importance of employee relation is that it creates
a impact on performance of subordinates. This is because if positive relations are maintained

then subordinates will be able to engage with work in most effective manner. Moreover, it
also shows that if there is mutual coordination & cooperation between both employer as well
as personnel then productivity of entity increases at higher level. If there is conflicts
amongst each member of firm then, performance of subordinates gets affected because of
poor relation with others.
 Healthy work environment- In organisation, subordinates have long working hours and
shifts which they have to complete on basis of per day. By having a good relations at
workplace it is easy to create a healthy environment which leads to accomplishment of
objectives and also due to this personnel are able to work in correct way when they have
optimistic atmosphere all around ( Muduli, 2016). In relevance with selected firm, manager
assigned group tasks to each member which assist in creation of healthy environment. It is
most effective way of establishing healthy environment by managing relations.
 Decision making- Then, ER is also important because when there is establishment of
proper relationship then it is easy to be make decisions in firm. Rationale is that when
relations are maintained in entity, manager is able to use conduct planning, use tools,
selection of ideas is done properly. In reference with undertaken company, they are able to
take decisions because of mutual understanding between each member (Barends, 2018). It is
necessary to have effective decision making so that all resources, practices are used in most
efficient way.
Thus, explained matter states that importance of managing employee relation has increased
with changing period of time. It has become essential for entities now a days to have a positive
relationship amongst their personnel. It leads to increase of morale of subordinates & which also
increases their retaining period for longer period of time. Hence, it is important to manage relations
so that it become easier to use skills as well as abilities of subordinates in correct way which is
helpful for business.
P2. Explain the fundamentals of employment law that apply to specific organisational examples
In business sector, is important to carry out everything in legal way so that issues do not
occur in future interval of time. Employment laws are defined as rules or laws which are linked with
workers, labour, trade unions & government. In employment laws, guidelines or laws related to
country or states are described under which workforce or people working in entity are protected in
ethical way. Every firm is entitled to work by consideration of these laws so that subordinates are
protected from unethical activities. In view point of undertaken enterprise,they also consider these
laws which depicts relationship between these employers and employees.