Employee Relations: Importance, Laws, and Mechanisms

This document provides an overview of employee relations, including its value and importance in an organization. It explains the fundamental employment laws that apply to organizations and explores various mechanisms for managing employment relationships. The document also discusses the different types of rights, duties, and obligations that employers and employees have within the workplace. Additionally, it evaluates the psychological contract and its support for employee work-life balance in relation to rights and duties.

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Table of Contents
Introduction: 1
LO 1: 1
P1: Explain the value and importance of employee relation in the organisation:..................1
P2: Explain the fundamental of employment laws that apply to the organisation................2
M1: Make valid suggestion on how an organisation could improve the effectively to the
employee relations. 3
D1:Explore various mechanism for managing the employment relationship and make the
justified solutions for a range of specific organisation . 4
LO 2: 5
P3: Explain the different types of rights, duties and obligations an employers and employees
has within the work places. 5
P4: Determine appropriate advice relating to rights ,duties and obligation of the employment
relationship : 6
M2: Evaluate the psychological contract and support for the employee work life balance in
relation to rights and duties: 7
LO3: 8
P5: Conduct and complete a stakeholder for an organisation: 8
M3: Analyse how stakeholder engagement and contribution can support positive employment
relationship: 9
LO4: 10
P6: Analyse the impact of positive and negative employee relation on stakeholders:.........10
M4:evaluate how employee relationship can affect conflicts avoidance and resolution.....11
D2: Examine the stakeholder perspective and support to employment relationship:..........11
Conclusion: 12
References: 12

Introduction:
The employee’s relation refers to the organisation hard work to manage the relationship
among the workers and employer at the work places. The establishment with the good and
effective employees relationship provide the fair and consistent treatment to all the employee
and its stakeholder so that they will remain dedicated to their work and stay faithful to the
organisation for the longer period of time. There are various programs which helps in preventing
and solving the problems that arising from the different situation at the work related places. In
the another words, it can be stated that it is legal notion which is observed at the organisational
levels where work is carried out for the exchange of wages and remuneration between the
employees and employers. Under this report, the John Lewis partnership which is the British
retail company offering various items such as clothes , cosmetic products, house ware and
audio-visual devices and banking and financial services. further there will be discussion on the
fundamental of employment laws, diverse types of human rights and duty of the employers and
employees at the work place.
(Ali, and Wei, 2018)
LO 1:
P1: Explain the worth and significance of worker relation in the organisation:
In the today’s organisation environment, value and meaning of the worker relation at the work
related places has increased and have better force on the performances of the employees in the
tasks . Effective employee relative in the administration trends to boost in white collar workers,
more numbers of good people who are willing to work with the band professions and legal laws
that protect the interest of its worker and provide rewards to its employees for good work . in the
context of the John Lewis, the organisation have always valued the employee relation at the work
so that there is less conflict among the managers and employees while working upon some task
for example, the employee chose it representative at the work who will learn to their opinions
and shape the priorities and manage the question and conflict at the activities’. some of the
another importance of the employees relation at the work places are stated as below: (Gallardo
and Thunnissen,, 2016.)
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The legal fundament to the John Lewis organisation which they apply in their management is
that manager has to follow the legal rules which are stated by the government to run the
operational activities of the organisation.
The John Lewis are united by the ethos that put the people first like its employees and customer
and stakeholder which helps in making effective and important decision about the organisation
Employees feels motivated if their if there is good employee relation at the organisation: this
helps the employees to perform better in then given task and improve their outcomes in the team.
(George, 2015)
The effective example to show how the legal fundament helps in running the organisation in
systemic manners is that the John Lewis has develop the employee wellbeing that will reflect the
value of its worker and their relationship among the team and with the senior manager. The
John Lewis make various legal law which employee needs to follow compete the task in
profitable manners.
P2: Explain the fundamental of service laws that be appropriate to the organisation.
The service law is the district of law which govern the manager and worker relationship that
includes the state and federal laws. In the context of the John Lewis, employment laws provide
employees that will prevent the discrimination at the work places, helps in promoting the health
and safety at the work , provide a minimum required level of economic support and protect the
work disrupt between the labour and management. The organisation operates its operational
actvitites in the UK and different nation which have various laws which can influence the
performances of the workers at the work.
Minimum wages: This includes the right to lowest amount wage of $8.21 for the worker
over the 25 duration under the national minimum wage act.
Working time regulation 1998: under this employees are given 28 days paid holidays ,
break from work and limited working hours.
Employment act 1996::here all the employees are provide with the legal rights to take the
leave to take care of its child and request for the flexible working hours.
Workplace safety : under this laws, the employees are provided with the safety at the work
places which improve performance of the employees
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Employment discrimination: under this employees are protected from any kind of
discrimination at the work places. (Ghaly, Dang,and Stathopoulos, 2015)
The organisation make sure that employees are working under the employment laws which helps
them to work according to the set rules and regulation and focus on being more productive at the
work and these prevent the conflicts among the employers and employees and dissolve the issues
and problems in the most effective manners.
M1: Make valid suggestion on how an organisation could improve the effectively to the
employee relations.
For the John Lewis organisation, to perform in effective and productivity manners it is
important for the company to make tes employees comfortable with each and make good rapo
and work in coordination so that common objectives can be achieved. So it is important to make
effective employee relation at the work places , there are some suggestion which can help in
making effective employees relation:
Involve team members: the employees must be assigned the task and responsibilities
according to their interest and capabilities and make them feel important in the organisation.
support employees to share their work with each other: under this way, employees
discussion more with each other about the work which improves their performances and comfort
level in the organisation.
Assign them targets and make sure that all employees are contributing equally : manager
needs to motivates the employees to work in group so that task can be attain in the most
successful manners. working in team will helps in building the trust among the employees and
have liberty to share their ideas and view on different topics .( Griffin, Bryant and Koerber,
2015. )
persuade helpful communication between the team : the good communication in the
work places is very precise and relevant as it helps in having effective employees relation at the
work places.
Organize the birthday party, Christmas parties and various another events: this
events helps in making good employees relation at the work as they celebrate various events
which make more socialization among the employees
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D1:Explore various mechanism for managing the employment relationship and make the
justified solutions for a range of specific organisation .
There are various mechanism which help in managing the effective and efficient
employment relationship at the work places . with the references of the John Lewis, the manager
can used different type of mechanism and solution that can be implemented them at the work
place :
Vertical relationship: under this type of the employee’s relationship, there is need to
better relation among the employee and employer so that task can be competed in the most
effective manners. some of the key points which needs to be taken under this type of
employment relationship are stated :
 This helps understanding the team members at the individual levels which provide
smooth function under the team and achieve the target market objectives.
 This helps in making the open communication channels among the team members so
that goals can be achieved in the most effective manners.
 Encourage the employees to stand under on their ground which helps in better outcomes.
 Build relationship among the common rules and values which helps in understanding
each other in the better ways. (Katou, 2015. )
Horizontal relationship : under this type of employment relationship, employees interaction at
the work are strongly influenced by the work place atmosphere , building the company value
and management actions which provide building the good and effective relation among the
employers and the employees from time to time.:
 Building the company culture of trust and honesty which helps in making good place to
work in the organisation.
 Encourage the social interaction at various places in the organisation.
 Create the opportunities for the people to connect in the company so that they can build
the understanding among the employees.
 Helps in working in the dynamic work environment which helps in achieving the
objectives in the most profitable manners.
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LO 2:
P3: Explain the diverse types of human rights, duty and compulsion an employer and workers
has within the work places.
At the organisation levels, there are different types of civil rights and duty of the employers and
workers at the work places which helps them in accomplish the aim and objectives in the most
efficient and productivity conduct at the work places. The John Lewis, the employees and
employers have rights and obligation towards the organisation so that task can be accomplished
in the most productive ways. . The Age prejudice in the service act and equal pay act and
insolvency act are the legislation that sets the right and duties of the employers and employees
at the work place. some of the rights of the organisation people at the work places are stated as
below: (Khoreva, Vaiman and Van Zalk, 2017)
 Fair treatment: at the work places, it is essential to treat the employees equally at the
work places so that they remain motivated all the times and perform better in the
organisation.
 security: according to the safety and health management standards, the work places must
be secure enough for the workers to work in.
 Equal and fair payment: according to the fair labour standards act, the employees
warrant to get the fair minimum wage for their work.
 finest interests: the rights of the workers balance the obligation with the employees.
Employees must have interest with the working of the organisation so that he can
performed better in the task
Obligation of the employer:
 To give work to its employees according to the agreement of employment.
 Gives necessary raw material to the employees so that task can be performed effectively.
 To pay the employees and make essential payments.
 To wrap the cost of medicinal examination of the employees.
compulsion of the employees:
 To carry out the task as particular in the contract of employment.
 To follow the instruction given by the employers.
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 To completed the task according to the set polices.
P4: conclude suitable advice recounting to rights ,duties and obligation of the service
relationship :
In the John Lewis organisation, it is important to provide equal rights and duties of the
employer and employees at the work places which helps in complete the goal and objectives in
the most helpful and efficiency behaviour. some of the advices which are in relation to the rights
and duties of the employer and workers are stated as below:
Some of the duties and obligation of the employees in the organisation are stated as below:
 It is duty of the employees to realize the job in the mainly effective ways so that object of
the activities can be accomplish in the profitable manners.
 Employees have to do the work in the most carefully ways and in the seriously manners
so that final outcomes can be accomplished on time and perfectly.
 Avoiding taking risk at work.
 Follow their employees instruction.
Some of the rights and duties of the employers:( Kilroy and Dundon, 2015. )
 Employers must provide place to work to its employees and make sure that they have
access of it.
 They must pay the salary to its employees on time.
 Make sure that working conditions are safe and secures.
 He must treat the employees with respect.
Employment relationship helps in achieving the set target in the most gainful conduct so it is
important for the employers and employees to manage the work in the effective ways as giving
right to the both for them at the work place. and work under the some obligation so that some
rules and regulation are followed in the organisation
The organisation need to have equal rights and duties among the employee and with the
employers at the work places. It is right of the employee to receive the basic needs and wants to
perform the task in effective manners. employees duties is to follow the guidance given by the
senior manager in the organisation. it is obligation of the employees to compete the task in the
proper manners and achieve the desire outcomes. it is advice of the John Lewis organisation to
improve the relationship at the work place to meet with the required objective of the
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organisation, the manager of the John Lewis can conduct various program where the employee
are able to build the strong connection among themselves and understand the vision of the
organisation.
M2: Evaluate the psychological contract and support for the employee work life balance in
relation to rights and duties:
In the John lewis organisation, all the employees work under the employment contract which
provide the work which employees needs to complete in the most productivity manners and
work under the employment laws so that legal rules are followed in the work places. Under the
employment contact it is stated that employee work, working hours and proper life balance
which helps them to be more productivity at the work places. This comprise the mental contract
violate, return intention to participate in the development activities. The employees are to be
provided with the effective work atmosphere which helps them in performing better in the
organisation so that all the task can be competed in the most profitable manners. diverse types
of civil rights and duty of the workforce gets affected by the atmosphere in which the employee
work its performed and look after the completion of the task in the most effective and profitable
manners. there are various psychological contract which helps the employees to give their best
performances and outcomes in the most valuable manners so the final outcomes be able to
achieve in the most efficiency protocol so that organisation are able to build their good image in
the market places and finds out the most profitable ways to competed the task in the different
manners. ( Pawar,., 2016)
The appropriate advice relating to the rights , duties and obligation for the John Lewis
organisation is that employees have a obligation to perform the task with responsibilities and
duties as work is given to according to their qualification and capabilities. Employer also have
obligation to provide a good working atmosphere for its worker at office and it is right of
manager of John Lewis to get work done from the employees in the productivity manners.
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The organisation can improve the employee relation at the work places as manager of the John
Lewis has used “ health hub” model where the its employees wellbeing is taken care by the
employers in the form of counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy and various another
services are work related palces
LO3:
P5: Conduct and complete a stakeholder for an organisation:
The John Lewis organisation operates at the local, national and international levels which
includes the respecting the interest level of the stakeholders so that operational activities helps
in achieving the objectives of the organisation in the long period of time. The organisation
involves the stakeholder such as partners, customers and suppliers and non-government
organisational and campaign groups and another government regulators, local communities are
affects the performance of the organisation at the internationals levels.( Poon, ., 2019. )
Partners: partners are the co-owners of the business which helps in success of the organisation
by engagement in AGM meeting sharing their point of view and regular the roads shows to get
success in the long run. the partners are people who holds power to make strategies and policies
which helps in achieving the goals. Their Interest and engagement in the organisation is to
focus on executing the task in perfect manners so that they can contribute in achieving the
objective in profitable ways. these partner have huge contribution in achieving the organisation
objective in the most effective manners as they share their point of view on various aspects of
organisation vision which are to be achieved.
Customers: the organisation works to get the loyal customer so that they can achieve the goals
in shortest period of time. Customer engagement the success of the organisation is taking timely
feedbacks from the customer from time to time. The customer has power to build or break the
brand image of the organisation in the market and there interest and engagement is in using the
product and stratified their needs. The customer have also contribution in enhancing the goals
of the organisation as these customer are engaged on using the good and service and giving their
ideas about the product so that changes can be done.
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Suppliers: the organisation aims to achieve the long lasting relationship with the suppliers so
that ambition and objectives can be achieved in time. The supplier has power to reach out larger
numbers of customer with its supply chain mechanism and contributing in earning more profits
in long run. The organisation need good supplier for their raw material which helps in making
the effective products for the target customer and they are engaged in improving the good of the
company from time to time.
Non-government: the organisation tries to support the non-government to protect the
environment, social and another things in the company. The NGO has power to build the good
value of the organisation as they provide and perform their social corporate responsibilities .the
Non government are also engage into the enhancing social duties of the organisation so that they
can contribute in obtaining the goals in proper manners.
Local communities : under this condition, the organisation take consultants services from the
different communities to manage the social , economic and environmental factors of the
organisation. these communities engage in offering excellence services to its target customer
which enhance the outcomes. the local expert need advise on improving the organisation
operational activities as these communities are engaged into provided services about how to
contribute towards the organisation pre-determine objective.
Employers: he is important stakeholder in the organisation as he is person who looks after all the
activities of the organisation ands guidance the another stakeholder to compete the task in
profitable ways. there are engaged in planning the all the task in the effective manners and
contribute to mission of the organisation. employers are highly engaged and contributes in
achieving the desire level of outcome by offering their ideas and innovative solution for the
problems which helps the organisation achieve the desire results.
Employees: these are the worker who are the internal stakeholder of the organisation and helps
in achieve the organisation objective within set time period. the employees helps in contributing
their efforts in achieving goals in profitable manners. worker have a power to accomplished the
desire level of outcomes by giving their best contribution in achieving the organisation goals and
objectives in effective manners.
Government bodies: here the government also play important role as a stakeholder of the
organisation as they make effective polices which helps in performing the task in better
manners. these government contributes in making effective plan so that goals can be achieved .
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the government have huge impact on the achievement of objective of the organisation as they set
various policies which are to be followed by the organisation to compete their activities in
proper manners.
The stakeholder of the organisation are important factors which help in achieve the objectives in
the most helpful and productivity manners so that they can compete in the competitive market
and earn the desire level of the profits within the set time period so that organisation mission and
vision of the organisation are achieved in the most effective manners.
M3: Analyse how stakeholder engagement and contribution can support positive employment
relationship:
The stakeholder of the organisation and their engagement and contribution in the organisation
helps them to accomplished the craving levels of the outcomes in the set time so that revenues
can be make in the long run and build the positive employment relationship in the work
environment. the partners helps in making the employment relationship better by engaging in
various activities’ like conducting and sharing the different views at the annual general meeting
and conducting various social corporate responsibilities which helps in building trust in the
markets. the customers make better relationship by giving their view on the goods and services
of the organisation so that task can be competed in the most effective manners. suppliers
engagement in building effective employment relation by communicating the demand and supply
of the goods in the market by conducting then survey in various location and providing online
services to different customer. The government and regulators helps in making the effective
polices which helps building strong employment relationship among the employees and
employers so that trust can be done among the employees. Media also play important role in
making positive employment relationship among the members of the organisation as journalist
and conferences and speaking engagement helps in making the most effective relationship
among the team so that organisation are able to achieve their task in the most profitable
manners. the stakeholder helps in making strong relationship among the employees and with the
employers so that organisation has a positive atmosphere to perform the task in the most
profitable ways. ( Obeidat . and Bray, 2016)
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LO4:
P6: investigate the force of affirmative and harmful worker relation on stakeholders:
Positive employee relation:
The positive employees relation in the organisation gives the good impressive on the
stakeholders which are the important part of the organisation . the affirmative impact of the
employees relation on the stakeholder is that the organisation take care of its employees from
time to time and take cares of another members of the company which shows that the
organisation are able to maintain the relationship with the different members of the organisation
and which make the stakeholder thinks the organisation gives importance to its employees and
respect their point of view at the work places .the employee relation helps the organisation to
achieve the desire level of outcomes within the set time period by taking care of employees and
providing them necessary items which helps them to perform better in the organisation
Negative employee relation:
The negative impact of the employee relation on the stakeholder is that organisation are not
taking proper care of its employees and not fulfilling the requirement of the employment
contact and laws at the work places. The stakeholders get the negative aspects of the organisation
work atmosphere in the market so they get demotivated to join and perform with the
organisation in the various location and also affects the performance at the international market.
The employee relation at the organisation plays the important role in affecting the performers of
the stakeholder in the organisation. Sharma and (Agarwal, 2016) the employee relation includes
the various laws about protecting the rights of the worker at the work place and if these
regulation are not followed then organisation has to face various issues in the market places
The analysis of encouraging and unconstructive employee relative has a force on the final
outcomes of the organisation as positive leads to realize the objectives in most successful and
output manners and helps the organisation to provide goods so that customer can use such
resources at full potential. Whereas the negative impact is that employee are not focus on
achieving the final results and rather than aiming at their personnel benefits in the form of the
salary and the work is get delay which harm the performances of the organisation. the analyse of
employee relation is vast item as at one side is improving the performances of the organisation
and manage the large number of employees and motivates them performed for achieving
organisation goals in the long run. Whereas the negative aspect of employee relation is that
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organisation have to work under the laws and regulation which are stated by the government
sometime affects the performances of its worker in the international market places.
M4:evaluate how employee relationship can affect conflicts avoidance and resolution.
In the John Lewis organisation, the manager and employer helps in dissolving the conflicts
among the employees and with the employers by building the strong and positive employee
relation at the organisation levels . the good employees relationship in the organisation helps in
making peaceful work place for the members of the organisation. The employee relationship can
helps in dissolving the conflicts at the work places and among the employees by making them
comfortable with each other and achieving the target in the most effective profitable manners.
the employee relationship helps in removing and avoiding the conflicts at the work places and
among the manager and employees which helps in reducing the conflicts at the work places.
(Sutanton and Kurniawan, 2016)
D2: Examine the stakeholder perspective and support to employment relationship:
The stakeholder wants that they organisation is will build brand name in the international levels
by having good employment relationship at the work places which motivates the employees to
perform better in the given task and attain the set targets in the most efficient and yield manners.
the stakeholder put their time and efforts in the organisation so the objectives can be realize in
the most gainful manners. the stakeholder support the employment relationship at the
organisation atmosphere where goals and objectives can be attain in the most commercial
manners so that employers are satisfied with the work of the employees and employees are
happy with the organisation facilities and safety at the work places.( Thunnissen, 2016.)
Conclusion:
According to the above discussion, it can be concluded that worker relation has huge impact on
the performances at organisation . the optimistic employment relationship at the organisation
helps in making the employees and employers satisfied with each other services at the work
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environment. The employee relation make the work environment a peaceful places to execute the
task in the largely effective and cost-effective manners so that objectives of the system of
government can be accomplish in the most yield manners.
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References:
Books and journals:
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