Value and Importance of Employee Relations in Organizations

This report discusses the value and importance of employee relations in organizations, focusing on Tesco as a case study. It explores the rights, duties, and obligations of employers and employees within the workplace. The report also analyzes how stakeholder engagement and contribution can support positive employment relationships. Additionally, it evaluates how positive and negative employee relationships can affect conflict avoidance and resolution. Overall, the report provides insights into the significance of employee relations in fostering a productive and harmonious work environment.

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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................3
PART 1.........................................................................................................................................................3
Explain the value and importance of employee relations in application to specific organizational..........3
PART 2.........................................................................................................................................................5
Explain the different types of rights, duties and obligations an employer and employee has within the
workplace................................................................................................................................................5
PART 3.........................................................................................................................................................7
Analyze how stakeholder engagement and contribution can support positive employment relationships
within an organisation.............................................................................................................................7
PART 4.........................................................................................................................................................8
Evaluate how positive and negative employee relationships can affect conflict avoidance and resolution
.................................................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Employee relation is a concept that is used to characterize employer-employee relationships.
The organizations in current era are working to become more flexible, quicker and more visible.
For that purpose, the emphasis on contact with employees is greater than it has ever been. The
primary objective of any approach for employee relations is to strengthen partnerships and
organizational cooperation (Audenaert and et.al, 2018). This report is based on Tesco is a global
British retail chain. It has its headquarters in Hertfordshire, England. In respect of profitability, it
is the 3rd biggest and nine biggest retail store in the country in terms of market share.
Established in 1919, with over 6553 outlets, it currently operates in 12 countries. Tesco PLC
offers not only retail items, but also internet, mobile phones and financial advice. In this report
consist of value and importance of employee relation and analysis employment law in context of
selected business. Along with identify various rights and duties of employee at the workplace
and complete stakeholder analysis to support positive relation with employee. At the end of the
report, evaluate impact of positive and negative employee relation with various stakeholders.
PART 1
Explain the value and importance of employee relations in application to specific organizational
The whole company generate profit when workers have a good, stable relationship with their
employers. Research indicates that workers who have equally friendly ties with the employer are
much more probable in the longer term to be satisfied, loyal and efficient. Employer Employee
Connection refers to the bond held by an organization’s workers. It is an art that creates and
controls the interaction between people, from either the common team or from various teams,
successfully. For a safe atmosphere at workplace, the workers must be relaxed with one another.
It is the primary responsibility of supervisors and team members to prevent team disputes and
empower workers to have a healthy partnership. A good relationship with workers is closely
linked to increasing production and decrease employee turnover (Avgoustaki and Frankort,
2019).
Strong leadership is rated as one of the most significant factors attracting new applicants
and retaining current employees. Employees relationships with Tesco also concentrate on having

top management really interact with their workers in that context. With strong human resources,
Tesco enjoys many advantages. In particular, engaging, inspiring, knowing and retaining their
workers are simpler for them.
 Improved productivity: Good job creates a positive atmosphere in the work situation; it
enhances the enthusiasm of employees and can also be strengthened by paying attention
towards workplace morale.
 Improve Employee Loyalty: The development of a successful and friendly work
atmosphere has a dramatic impact on the commitment of an employee towards the
organization, fostering a productive team. Increasing such a population increases
employee satisfaction, while significantly decreasing the expense of recruiting, hiring and
training (Brockman, Luo and Xu, 2020).
 Reduces conflicts: The degree of dispute inside the organization is decreased when a
work atmosphere is productive and welcoming. The consequence of less conflict is that
workers will focus on the tasks at hand and are thus more efficient.
Fundamentals of employment law
Vibrant and highly effective HR team members who have limited understanding of UK
employment law or administrators who wish to develop this awareness is the fundamentals of
employment law. Work law includes a broad variety of rights of workers and duties of
employers-from employment contract to work hours, legal compensation to termination.
Compliance with employment law allows you to attract and maintain happy, efficient workers
and can enable you prevent costly lawsuits and allegations from the unfair dismissal.
Health and safety act 1974: In Great Britain, the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 is the
key legislation governing workplace health and safety. Often it is referred to as HSWA, the Act
of HSW, the Act of 1974 or HASAWA. It points out the general responsibilities that managers
have for workers and members of the community (JALAL, ZEB and FAYYAZ, 2019).
Employment act 1996: The fairness of the 1996 Employment Act can be measured by the fact
that the said Act encompasses critical characteristics of employee performance, like work details,
holidays, studies or learning and dismissal. The Act also gives salary and payment insurance. In
addition, in the event of wrongful dismissal, the corrective procedure is also protected by the Act

under consideration. It has also succeeded in adding justice and legal clarity to the law of jobs as
a major move.
Suggestion to improve employee relation in UK
Promote dialogue and commission: Effective communication aims to mitigate
misunderstanding among employees and unnecessary pain. It can reduce tension between
workers, particularly manager and staff. It aims to establish specific goals and objectives. Good
contact had become one of the greatest obstacles for administrators and the HR department once
millions of workers were unexpectedly sent back to work in March 2020. Provide workers with a
means of voicing concerns and resolving disputes. They must have a way of publicly voicing
themselves beyond fear of retribution (Jehanzeb and Mohanty, 2018).
Make employee feel valued: Going to express appreciation and respect for a good job will
greatly enhance the behavior of workers towards the company and make people feel respected.
Finding numerous ways to show appreciation lets you make every worker feel appreciated.
Promote better feedback by recognizing when; even though it is anything insignificant, workers
do anything good.
Promote work life balance: For most group members, work-life balance is fundamental.
Eventually, developing a work atmosphere that allows workers the freedom to pursue goals
outside the workplace would build a healthy society and also improved manager - employee
relationships. Tools such as full pay off, the right to work from home, health coverage and
flexible work hours may be key elements of the work / life balance.
PART 2
Explain the different types of rights, duties and obligations an employer and employee has within
the workplace
Some of the basic rights, obligations and responsibilities of employees and Tesco are
defined following, which are their working activities in order to run the business efficiently.
Employers
Rights of employers

Right to ask- The administrators or the representative, workers and regular wagers function get
the right to express an opinion and make inquiries about the company's staff and work related
information. For example, Tesco team leaders have the right to have an opinion about the
declining output of groups or a specific worker.
Right to Allocate Control and Function- The business is managed by management and leaders
at the greater level who make all execution plans in order to accomplish the longer or short-term
goals set. They have the opportunity to authorities or retain it based on the greater level. The
administration also assigns the job to all the various Tesco departments, such as advertising,
finance, sales and others (Kawecki, 2018).
Duties of employers
Training and Development Systems- Workers are the foundations of a company working and
faces realistic situations in order to maintain operations going. But knowledge and skills are
demolished and bringing a responsibility to the employer that is the administration of Tesco to
provide staff preparation and development incentives by organizing sufficient sessions.
Healthy work environment-Tesco management's other obligation or duty is to ensure that
workers are provided with a safe and secure environment to sustain their efficiency and
effectiveness. Positive work environment will inspire and enable people to be creative and
operate with optimum potential to achieve Tesco objectives.
Obligation of employer
Fair Recruiting Practices-Through the employment legislation created by the government and
legislature of the particular nations; the responsibilities of employers are primarily states.
Therefore, Tesco also has the responsibility to perform fair hiring (Kurdi and Alshurideh, 2020).
Employee
Right of employee
Right to Speak- Every worker in every business has the right to speak for themselves. That is,
workers can ask concerns and also have the right to morally obtain all the appropriate responses.

Right to receive pay slips- All salary owners who are regular Tesco workers have the right to
obtain bank statements that give them access regular details on their salary divergence (Lin,
Schmid and Xuan, 2018).
Duties of employee
Team Working: The roles of employers are diverse in nature and a central responsibility is to
work well and in groups. Tesco workers have to work together as a team and that is one element
that makes them attractive to employers.
Work with efficiency: Another responsibility of an employee to be a perpetual salary worker of
a big corporation such as Tesco has yet another duty to perform their job productively and give
their teams the better effect and contributing to Tesco's main objectives (Montani, Boudrias and
Pigeon, 2020).
Obligation of employee
Developing a safe and stable work atmosphere for coworkers- Workers expect people to
work for them in a safe and comfortable place where the organizations make attempts. Yet
workers themselves have the obligation to contribute in such a way and to create a safe and
stable atmosphere in the business for the others, including such acting morally or not being
racist.
PART 3
Analyze how stakeholder engagement and contribution can support positive employment
relationships within an organisation
Stakeholder analysis in Tesco: The stakeholder is an individual, community or
association with a directly and indirectly organizational role. It is influenced by the rules,
regulations and decisions of the organisation, investors internally. They operate within the Tesco,
e.g. workers, owners. Workers, administrators, management and supervisory board, and
investors are Tesco's key internal customers. Workers are very vital to Tesco, just like any other
company, and so are the supervisors. "Tesco boasts 450,000" coworkers "globally as of August
2019. It positions human capital at the root of what it's doing (Quade, McLarty and Bonner,
2020).

The chairman, director general, chief operating officer, and a range of non - executive
members are part of the Tesco Board. They are very strong and absolutely essential to the
business, and investors in Tesco are also very significant people. As of January 2019, the
organization's corporate investors are BlackRock, Inc., Norges Bank, and Schroders plc with
shares of 6.64%, 3.99%, and 4.99%, overall. Clients, manufacturers, creditors, rivals, political
groups, local governments, and the state are the key significant customers of Tesco. Every other
week, Tesco attracts many visitors. Tesco partners with dozens of manufacturers and suppliers in
order to serve consumers with high quality, nutritious and renewable goods. Not only do these
manufacturers and distributors supplying Tesco with the goods needed, but they also because the
business minimize organic waste.
The engagement of stakeholders is the mechanism by which businesses connect and then get
to understand their shareholders. Businesses are able to fully understand whatever they want,
whenever they want something, how involved they really are and how tasks and strategies of the
businesses can impact their priorities by actually meeting them. In addition, they can strengthen
their connectivity and reconsider their policies and practices, with long-term benefits including
such brand equity first or-mover advantage. When stakeholder engages with Tesco employees so
impact in positive manner and provide many other facilities to employees. As a result it provides
good relation with employees and they work for organizational goals and objectives (Richards
and Sang, 2019).
PART 4
Evaluate how positive and negative employee relationships can affect conflict avoidance and
resolution
In the segment mentioned, who are its clients, staff, shareholders and administration, Tesco
stakeholders who are mainly affected and affect the working and increases the efficiency of
Tesco's work are listed. Many of these shareholders have enough ability to influence the
corporation's decision-making and other organizational decisions and are often influenced in the
same way by practices including such human resources. Below are the positive and negative
impacts that employee relationships have on these shareholders.

Customers: To provide a service or product, consumers add value to the company. For each
product they buy, they help the business, so each transaction also tells the company what goods
and services to even further reinvest in. In so doing, clients help drive a business owner 's path.
Positive: The beneficial effect of productive employee relationships on consumers is that they
require the highest quality of products or services when using Tesco products.
Negative: Unless the staff and employers are not out of good conditions, the negative affect of
employee relations over consumers impacts. As employee performance declines, the amount of
resources and services reduces (Stollberger and et.al, 2019).
Employees: Staffs are important internal investors. Employees have substantial financial and
time commitments in the company and serve a specific role in the organization’s policy,
strategies, and activities. The company's staff or workers are also those who perform the
operations and implement all company is planning in actual realistic circumstances.
Positive: The positive effect of the relationships between employees is explicitly experienced by
the Tesco workers as they earn employee satisfaction and remain motivated. It offers them
chance to grow both professionally and on an individual basis.
Negative: The negative effect of bad relationships between employees faced by Tesco employees
is an unpleasant working atmosphere, lower opportunities for specific skills and personality traits
to improve.
Shareholders: In a group, shareholders are always investors, but interested parties are not
always investors. A shareholder holds part of a listed corporation by stock shares, whereas an
investor, for purposes apart from earnings growth or value, has an involvement in the success of
a firm.
Positive: The output of employees improves, which pushes the business towards innovation and
development due to productive employee relationships, resulting in higher income and
shareholders wealth

Negative: On the opposite, if the relationships of workers are not sustained in the Tesco business,
it suffers owing to shortage of health and low results that inevitably decrease investor profits and
dividends.
Government: Since they pay revenue from the corporation (corporate income taxes), as well as
from all the citizens it hires (income taxes) and from other expenditure that the business pays
(sales taxes), government may also be considered the biggest stockholder in a corporation. The
government receives the corporation's taxes, because it gains from the income of the company. It
will reinvest taxes in society (Thun and Bakker, 2018).
Positive: The beneficial outcome of Tesco employee’s partnerships with the government is that
the business can function morally as the government works on both stakeholders.
Negative: Government is not primarily influenced by employee relationships, but it can have
some trying to tarnish effect on Tesco and is sector of the market, which can have a negative
impact on the country, but would not be directly affected.
CONCLUSION
As per the above report it has been concluded that the method of handling interactions in a
company is Employee Relationship Management or ERM. Such connections may be between the
company and the employee and also colleagues functioning at the very same stage. They must
have a working atmosphere that encourages them to be innovative in order for workers to be
efficient. when people are embroiled in frequent disputes and misconceptions, no mission can be
completed. In order to offer their performance and appreciate their jobs, workers must be relaxed
with one another. It has been found that if the workers collaborate and share a good relationship
with one another, goals are reached at a much faster pace. Staff members are an organization’s
main assets. It is crucial that the staff work together as a single unit and make contributions to
the achievement of desired goals.

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