The Work and Employment Relationship

The Work and Employment
Relationship

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Explanation of the value and importance of employee relations and fundamentals of employment
law....................................................................................................................................................3
Value and Importance of Employee Relations............................................................................3
Fundamentals of Employment Law.............................................................................................4
Rights, duties, and obligation an employer and employee have within the workplace and various
mechanisms for managing the employment relationships ..............................................................5
Rights, duties, and obligation an employer and employee..........................................................5
Mechanisms for managing the employment relationships...........................................................7
A stakeholder analysis for the organisation and analysis of how stakeholders engagement and
contribution can support positive employment relationships .........................................................8
An analysis of the impact of both positive and negative employee relations on different
stakeholders ..................................................................................................................................10
Impact of positive employee relations on different stakeholders..............................................10
Impact of negative employee relations on different stakeholders.............................................11
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Employment relations refer to efforts of organisations efforts to create and maintain a
positive relationship with its employees. Employment laws have significant influence
employment relations within organisations. Positive employment relationships make it easy for
employee as well as employer to fulfil their roles and responsibilities effectively while working
in positive organisational environment. This report aims at discussing value and importance of
employee relations and fundamental laws. Later report will discuss rights, duties and obligation
of employer and employee and will also involve analysis of stakeholders and their contribution
and later will discuss about positive and negative impacts of employee relations on different
stakeholders. This discussion will contextualise Unilever, British multinational consumer goods
company. It was founded in 1929 and is headquartered at London, England and has its existence
in around 190 countries and employees around more than 155000 employees to carry out all
organisational activities.
Explanation of the value and importance of employee relations and
fundamentals of employment law
Employment relationship can be defined as legal relationship between employee and
employer and this relations exists when individual performs certain conditions in exchange of
remuneration (Employment Relationship, 2021).
This employment relationship is based on employment contract in employee and
employer and this contract creates legal relationship in employee and employer.
Value and Importance of Employee Relations
There are several reasons because of which employee relations are important within
Unilever and these reasons and value and importance of employee relations for Unilever are as
follows-
Fairness and Consistency- This is one of the very important value of employee relations
according to which fair employee relations ensure that employees and Unilever both are fair
towards each other (What Are Employee Relations and Why They Are Important, 2020). In addition

to this, consistency in behaviour of employee and employer towards each other is also a result of
favourable and positive employee relations.
Effective Communication- Effective communication is very important aspect of effective
achievement of goals and objectives of organisation. Effective communication has several
benefits and along with this, it also helps in avoiding any confusion or ambiguity that employees
or even employer can have.
Handle Grievance- Grievance are natural to emerge in organisation and Unilever being one of
the biggest employer can not eliminate grievance from the organisation. This is the reason that
favourable employee relations are important so that grievance can be timely resolved (What Are
Employee Relations and Why They Are Important, 2020). In addition to this employment relations
also help in developing win-win situation in organisation and effectively handle grievance so that
employees remain motivated.
Work-life balance and Stress- It is very important that employees are able to create balance in
their personal life and professional life and this is known as work-life balance. Employment
relations enable employees to create work-life balance. This is because when employment
relations are positive and favourable, employers also contribute in creating work-life balance for
employees. Ultimately it reduces work related stress and create harmonious working
environment.
Fundamentals of Employment Law
Equality Act 2010- This is an act according to which Unilever has to ensure it does not
undertake any activity that creates discrimination in employees. In other words, this act is basis
for anti-discrimination law and protects individuals against discrimination on the basis on
nationality and citizenship and gender, age, disability and religious beliefs of individual
(Cameron and et.al., 2019). As per this act, it is important that all employees in Unilever are
provided equal opportunity to exercise their rights and this starts from selection process, this
means that all candidates regardless of their gender or religion should be provided equal
opportunity to participate in selection process. Later within organisation every employee should
be provided equal opportunity to participate in all organisational activities and activities for the
growth within organisation.