Importance and Value of Employee Relations in Tesco

This document discusses the importance and value of employee relations in Tesco, a British multinational retailer. It explains the different types of rights, duties, and obligations of employers and employees. It also includes a stakeholder analysis for Tesco and highlights the impact of positive and negative employee relations on stakeholders.

Work and Employment
Relationship

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
P1.Explain the importance and value of employees relations.....................................................1
P2.Explain the different types of rights, duties and obligations an employer and employee.....3
P3).Complete a stakeholder analysis for a given organisation:..................................................6
P4).The impact of both positive and negative employee relations on different stakeholders.....7
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Employment relationship refers to the link between the employers and employees in
respect to operate the organisation operations in effective manner(Spurk and Straub, 2020). It
consists of the relationship which based on contract and specific amount to an agreement
between the parties, in employers and employees with certain obligations in relation to work and
according to work, employees get pays. Individual employment relation are considered to that
relation which based on individual workers and their employers. This process is developed
through legal regulation between employers and employees. The four elements which adds in the
formation of any employment relationship is that the selection and engagement which relates
with employees, power of dismissal, the payment of wages and employers authority to control
their employees through various means and methods which are required to attain the goals and
objectives of the organisation. Through strong and healthy relationship with employers by
employees will going to develop the healthy and strong relationship in relation to benefits the
entire company. Below report is based on Tesco, a British multinational retailers of groceries and
general merchandise having their headquarter in Welwyn Garden City, England. The below
report will cover the topic
value and importance of employees in context of organisational support, fundamental of
employment laws, various types of rights and obligation of both the employers and employees,
different stakeholders perspectives.
P1.Explain the importance and value of employees relations
TESCO a British multinational retailers which involves with retailing like groceries and general
merchandise having their headquarter in Welwyn Garden City, England. They are currently
dealing in approx 4,230932 employees as per the data(Otáhalová,Poliak and Semanová, 2019).
Area in which they are serving is United kingdom, Ireland, Hungary, Slovakia, they are basically
dealing in large operation's. Here are some of the importance of being in proper employees
relation that is needed for every organisation in relation to build organisation performance.
Developing and strengthening the employees and employers relationship will be achieved
through proper employees satisfaction, by identify the work related issues and providing the
assistance to the employees for their relative tasks and objectives in the organisation:
Development and growth
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By employees and employers relation, they will directly contributes to the economic growth and
development, which will leads to attain efficiency in the organisation. Greater efficiency will
provide higher productivity and growth. Its important to keep the employees motivated through
maintaining the relation company like TESCO due to their large operation, employers should
focus on the employees common conflicts and problem which will arises in the retail industry.
Reduction in turnover
In organisation the employees and employers relation builds on a strong communication and its a
backbone of any business. When relationship between employers and employees are not
satisfactory then it will affect the productivity and results employees turnover will get
high(Kaufman, 2019). If the organisation will pay attention to their employees by provides them
a feel of value that employees will use their skills and experience through contributing in the
company at it best. In the context of retailers like Tesco, they are treating their employees by
giving them flexibility in the working structure will leads to increase in the turnover of the
company.
Enhanced motivation
If the employees are not engage in the operation activity with full potential then organisation will
lost large number of their productivity. In the context of Tesco they are more focus onto their
employees who are working in the retail operation through giving them confidence and
motivational factor by showing their capabilities on the basis of requirement arises in the
company. Employers will boost their motivation by giving them flexible nature of working.
Fundamental of employment laws relates to the organisation
Tesco, a multinational retailers of general merchandise that needs a proper legal regulation and
employment laws that are necessary in attaining the goals and objectives. Here are some of the
employment laws which relates with this retailing organisation is that:
Employment Right Act 1996
This laws covers the issues of employees related to situation like dismissal, unfair dismissal,
paternity leave, leaves on maternity, theses leaves should be properly given by the organisation
in accordance to their policies and all. Employment right deals in given equal fair rights to the
employees regarding their genuine leaves. This laws right operates in Tesco in more effective
manner due to their strong reach in international market.
National minimum wage Act 1998
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This act sets out the NMW for employees and for employers across the UK. Here the
government review this laws and make sure about the wages of employees on the basis of
minimum wage act. Organisation like Tesco they are applying this laws through properly work
on the salary pattern of the employees and by strong HR processes.
The Equality Act 2010
This act prevents from the discrimination from the workplace and fair recruitment process. This
act defines the discrimination which takes place in the organisation in gender discrimination,
unfair recruitment and selection. So to prevent from these situation, organisation are maintaining
the concept of equal act 2010 to avoid these problems.
How an organisation could improve and respond effectively to employee relations.
An organisation can improve their employees relation performance through some of the process
or methods which are necessary while working with employees in the organisation (Holden and
Baker III, 2019). Through providing a proper feedbacks to the employees, let them know that
they have value in the organisation by giving them importance that they are working right and
provides them positive feedbacks to them in accordance to the work. By improving
communication, its not sufficient to communicate with the assistance of e-mails and memos,
organisation needs to interact effectively to reach the full potential of the employees relationship.
By being visible in the organisation like Tesco here the mangers and HR representatives should
make themselves visible with the intention that employees will know they are reachable and will
work and takes action if needed in the organisation. By offering career development
opportunities to the employees, it will generates confidence among the manpower and they will
direct to the objective and goals of the organisation. Tesco will provide motivation to their
working employees by giving them assurance of career growth by working for multinational
company like Tesco.
P2.Explain the different types of rights, duties and obligations an employer and employee
In the organisation there is a specific rights and duties which are perform by the employers as
well as employees on the basis of their tasks assigned in the organisation (Hodder, 2020). So
here are some of the rights and duties which are to be perform in the organisation is that:
Safe Environment
The employers duty is to provide as a healthy and safe environment in relation to the employees
working in the organisation. Whereas employees will have to make sure about the work in safer
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manner so as it will not uncomfortable for others workers too. By properly maintaining the
operations in healthy environment.
Basic necessities for employers and employees:
The employers have to make sure about the facilities for the employees in relation to basic
facility such as clean toilets, clean workforce and drinking water. As a multinational company
like Tesco, they are maintaining there value through assigning with proper facilities.
Information for the employees:
The details which relates with training and development,employers should provides these
information to their employees on a regular basis. In the context of Tesco retailing organisation,
here the employers should maintain the policies by taking care of the employees need regarding
particular information of the company Tesco.
Dressing activity
In a working environment like Tesco, here the employers and employees should well know about
their dress code according to their job profile in this retailing industry with the motive to
maintain the brand image of organisation. Employees should follow this company policy to
effectively present in the market.
Payments
Every organisation have their own payment structure, it is quite necessary for the organisation to
set the fixed payment and allowances, for both the employers and employees. It is the right of
every employees working in the organisation get paid fairly and correctly.
Obligations of the employers to their employees is that:
 Its the duty of employers to pay their employees with agreed amount, If the employees
will going to work on that amount(Budd,2020) .
 By observing health and safety measures in the organisation.
 By providing the right information regarding the contract in which they are working.
 By providing the employees with reasonable opportunities to complaint if any problems
arises in the company. As Tesco a multinational retailers they must have to listen the
issues of their employees to built the strong connection between them.
Tesco due to their large operation in international market in relation to the retailing facilities,.
They have to adopt the proper rules and duties/obligations to deals with the regular issues which
are normally arises in these industry, so as to attain the relationship between employers and
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employees. Organisation should have to make sure about the responses of their employers to deal
effectively in the production process what requirement they are needed in relation of completing
the demand(Brewster and Holland, 2020) . By paying proper payment to the employees in
according to their job role will maintain the image value of the company, it should be clearly
mention in the contract through which employers will initiate for other processes. Health and
safety is the major concerns as this company works on large number of employees, they have to
deal more effectively in welfare of their employees regarding proper medical allowances to
them. Organisation should also follow the contract based information in large so as to attain the
objective of the organisation.
The psychological contract is an increasingly an aspect of proper workplace relationship with
wider human behaviour. It represent the notion of relationship or understanding which will relate
with number of employees, rather than tangible pieces of contract legal document that will be
different from one employee to another.
Work-life balance sets the goal through balancing between the working life and private life.
Employees work-life balance depends upon the activities that they perform in the daily routine, it
s basically an mutual expectations of inputs and outcomes. The psychological contract involves
with feelings of employees is that seen from the perspective of employees by the organisation
here Tesco works for the rights and responsibilities of the employees on the basis of these
psychological factors which consists of how the employer treated there employees and what
employees are putting into the job in relation to the efforts. So basically to balance the
expectations and working environment of the company, rights and duties are the company
policies which have to follow by both the employer and employee. Organisation like Tesco will
have to wok on the basis of employees expectation as well cause this retailing industry works on
large employees base that have to operate by the organisation through their departments. Work
life balance depends upon the employees way of living the life apart form their working
profession is that through healthy life style and proper time management of daily work. Right
and duties of an employees are more depends upon their behaviour throughout the day in respect
of the operations activities.
Various mechanisms for managing the employment relationship
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In organisation employment relationship are playing an important role by adopting a positive
environment for work in relation to meet the organisation tasks and objectives. So here are some
of the mechanisms for managing employment relationship is that:
Involve team members
Employees should feel important when they are working in an organisation, by giving them
opportunities to work with employers and indulge in the decisions in relation to the company.
They will feel more confident and motivated while working in the company(Behrendt and
Nguyen, 2018).
Recognition
By praising the employee for their exceptional work in the organisation and provide them with
suitable rewards recognition. By encouraging the people who are working in the organisation,
Tesco Retailing industry works on the reward system to their employees on their best
performances.
P3).Complete a stakeholder analysis for a given organisation:
Stakeholders analysis works on the principle of all the internal people and teams engaging in the
organisation. Stakeholders analysis basically depends upon identifying these people before the
project begins and categorizing these people according to the participation level, interest level
and influence in the organisation activity (Barker and Christensen,2019)(Audenaert, George and
Decramer 2019).Organisation determines the stakeholder through their contribution in the
company in respect of their participation. In the context of Tesco they have lots of stakeholders
with them, due to their large operational value in the international market.
Stakeholders analysis depends upon the responses of people to indulge with the organisation.
This analysis based on the power interest grid which depends upon high and low interest of the
people in engaging with the particular company is that:
High power, high interest: These stakeholders are most important people as they takes high
interest in the organisation, organisation should prioritized by keeping them happy with the
progress of company projects.
High power, Low interest: This analysis determines because of their influence in the company.
Organisation should work in order to keep these people satisfied, by taking care of that they will
not get irritate through excessive communication with them.
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Low power, High interest: Organisation here will keep inform their stakeholders and check in
them with proper information to them, by make sure they will not get into any problematic
situation regarding the project (Aloisi, 2018).
Low power, Low interest: Just Keep these employees inform about the projects is that Tesco
will inform their stakeholders about the company projects, but do not over communicate with
them.
Benefits of stakeholders engagement
 It offers those to whom who will going to affect and be affected by the outcomes, by a
chance to raise their opinions.
 By making people together to pool experience,knowledge and expertise (Aloisi and De
Stefano, 2020).
 Its provides them knowledge to the company that who will their key stakeholders and
understand with relationship that they have with organisation.
 It will assist them to identify the strategies to gain competitive advantage.
P4).The impact of both positive and negative employee relations on different stakeholders.
In an organisation like Tesco, due to their organisation approach in international market as they
are operating with large base of employees with them, it is necessary to build the employees
relation in effective manner. This will impact the different stake holders as well due to their
positive and negative impact on the organisation so here are the impact of employee relations on
stakeholders are as follows:
Increase employee loyalty
Organisation should keep a check on their employees, through their employers by making them
feel confident and motivated regarding their job activities. By this value of performing for the
employees by retain them for future. Whereas negative impact will also be happen if these
employees will take this aspect of organisation in negative way by not perform upto the mark in
organisation.
Increase motivation
Healthy workplace motivates employees to work hard and give their best in the organisation. By
maintaining good relation with employees through excellent interactive value with the
employees by their employers this will leads to motivate them in large manner. Whereas if the
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employers will get much involve in the employees concerns then employees will not feel as a
superiority in respect while dealing with their employers.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report is that every organisation needs to build effective
relationship between their employers and employees in relation to achieve their daily tasks and
objectives. It involves with employment laws through which organisation will work accordingly
by proper rules and policies with considering laws in it. By making proper analysis of
stakeholders organisation will adopt and enhance the value of branding image of the company. In
developing employee relation there is both negative and positive impact will considered which
relates with their employees. Organisation should have to examine the different stakeholders
perspective.
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