Employee Relations and Stakeholder Engagement in Unilever

BSc (Hons) Business Management (Top up)
BMP6005
The Work and Employment Relationship
Assessment 1
How employee relations can influence the
behaviour of
different stakeholders
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Content
Introduction 1
An explanation of the value and importance of employee relations
in application as well as explanation of the fundamentals of
employment law p
An explanation of the different types of rights, duties and
obligations an employer and employee has within the workplace.
An exploration of various mechanisms for managing the
employment relationship and make justified solutions for a range of
specific organisational examples p
A stakeholder analysis for the organisation and analysis of how
stakeholder engagement and contribution can support positive
employment relationships p
An analysis of the impact of both positive and negative employee
relations on different stakeholders p
Conclusion p
References p
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Introduction
Employee Relation can be defined as relationship between employee and
employer working in an organisation. It is seen that if they have collaborative relation
than the organisation is able to achieve goals and objectives effectively (Sun and
Bunchapattanasakda, 2019). In this report the employee relationship in Unilever is
evaluated. It is a British Multinational organisation that deals in consumer goods.
There are around 155000 employees that work happily in the organisation. There is
discussion related to the important of employee relation in an organisation and the
laws followed regarding the same. The rights and duties of both employer and
employee are evaluated in this report. Stakeholders play a major role in the
organisation so the positive impact of the same is also part of this report. In the end
of this report there is evaluation related to negative as well as positive impact of
employee engagement on the stakeholders.
An explanation of the value and importance of employee
relations in application as well as explanation of the
fundamentals of employment law
Employee relations play a major role in success of an organisation. It is seen
that a company has various employees. If they are happy and able to develop
relation with employers the work done is more effective (Saks, 2019). The
importance of employee relations is discussed below:
More Employee Loyalty: It is important to note that if there is positive
relation in employee and employer in an organisation then the employee become
loyal for the company. They are able to get good working environment in the
company and that supports them to work in an effective manner. It is seen that loyal
employees are asset for the Unilever and this helps the company to achieve goals
and objectives successfully.
Increased Motivation: There is need of healthy working environment in an
organisation. By having good and healthy relation with the employees motivate the
employees to perform better (Osborne and Hammoud, 2017). It is seen that
motivated employees are assets for the company. It is seen that in Unilever best
efforts are done by the employers so that they have healthy relation with the
employees and they are motivated. The motivated employees enhance the
productivity of the company.
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