Employment Relations at Workplace: Formal and Informal Rules

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TOPIC: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AT WORKPLACE.........................................................1
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TOPIC: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AT WORKPLACE
Employment relations reflect the efforts of the organization for developing healthy
relations among employers and employees. The company with best employee relations programs
gives consistent and fair treatment to every employee and that assist in boosting the loyalty and
commitment level. In addition, they become loyal with the company and tend to perform as per
expectations. However, there are series of formal and informal rules that been developed by
several stakeholder for ensuring healthy employee relations (Tan and Pang, 2019). Considering
this, present essay discusses about the development of such rules and crucial role been played by
varied stakeholders. The same has been considered with respect to Singapore.
Key factor for sound employee relation is pay and it affects the employee motivation and
performance level also. However, it is evident that employers seek for employee who works at
minimal cost with high commitment and engagement. On the contrary, employees have desire of
high rewards with sound employment’s terms and conditions with respect to his/her part of
organized work. Apart from this, there is requirement of best working conditions, healthy and
safe working environment, security of employment along with scope for resolving and raising
grievances (Hean, 2018). In the similar aspect, battles of interest could arise among employees
and employers on issues and conflicts are fully resolved through different process of employee
relations. This is part of formal rule that been developed by considering legislation and inputs
from past labour union.
Further, the objective of employee relation is to give consistent and efficient procedure
for making rules, consistency and to deal with problems related to fairness, employee relations,
procedure that could directly affect and improve behaviour and mechanisms of employee for
resolving disputes and differences (Brewster, Croucher and Prosser, 2019). However, value
added outcomes that includes good employee relation, comprises improved commitment and
morale, less grievances, better control of labour costs and increment in productivity. In this
context, awards, recognition, perks, benefits are set of formal rules that been developed by top
management. This helps in boosting the morale of employee and also assist in developing
healthy relations with them. However, this formal rule is developed by considering series of
human resource theories such as Maslow’s need hierarchy, two factor theory, McGregor’s theory
X & Y and other related. The formal rule of rewards assist in attaining the key objectives of
company from employees in effectual manner.
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