Work and the Employment Relationship

This presentation discusses the employment relationship and the challenges faced by organizations in managing it. It explores the legal challenges, such as timekeeping and attendance issues, wage disputes, safety in the workplace, annual leave disputes, and conflict management. The presentation also highlights the policies for employees working in the organization and provides recommendations for improving employee relations.

WORK
AND
THE EMPLOYMENT
RELATIONSHIP

TABLE OF CONTENTS
>> INTRODUCTION
>> LEGAL CHALLENGES ORGANISATION EXPERIENCES
IN MANAGINING THE EMPLOYEE RELATION
>> POLICIES FOR THE EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THE
ORGANISATION
>> RECOMMENDATIONS
>> CONCLUSION
>> REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
The employment relationship is the connection between the employees and the
employers. This engagement is influenced by legal regulations as well as the results of relational
partner agreements over the work relationships terms and conditions. To work well, employees
must have a good understanding of what is required from them and to enhance employee
productivity, employers must establish and facilitate positive relationships with and among
employees. Tesco is taken as base company. Tesco is a multinational groceries and merchandise
retailer which is established by Jack Cohen. This organisation is specialised in selling of clothing,
providing financial services, telecommunication and so on. Its headquarters is in UK and they're
serving across the globe. In this report, it covers the challenge is that organisation experience in
managing the employment relationship and recommendations for the same.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
Employee relation is considered as any workplace partnership between a
company and its employees including physical, mental, contractual, and realistic actions
on the part of the employer to sustain a productive relationship with the employees.
Employee relations create a favourable environment for workers in the name
of encouraging them, motivating and committed to work. Most businesses have a
committed employee affairs coordinator who serves as an adviser, facilitator and
contactor on workplace issues. The function of an employee relations manager is to
foster stronger relationships within management process to ensure specific policies,
cultivating loyalty and commitment, and fostering openness.

LEGAL CHALLENGES ORGANISATION
EXPERIENCES IN MANAGINING THE EMPLOYEE
RELATIONS
>>TIME KEEPING AND ATTENDANCE ISSUES
>> HOUR AND WAGE ISSUE
>>ADEQUATE SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE
>>ANNUAL LEAVE DISPUTE
>>CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

LEGAL CHALLENGES ORGANISATION EXPERIENCES IN
MANAGINING THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS (cont..)
Timekeeping and attendance problems are popular and using employee
self-service tools will help to solve a lot of issues. This enables workers of Tesco to
keep track of their hours and contact about attendance problems from their devices
that decreases the likelihood of dispute while still providing them with a useful
advantage.
>TIME KEEPING AND ATTENDANCE ISSUES

LEGAL CHALLENGES ORGANISATION EXPERIENCES IN
MANAGINING THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS (cont..)
Self-service timekeeping programme that helps workers to sign in and out
through their portable devices is used to prevent government wage and hour penalties
and to reduce the likelihood of employees disputing their paychecks. By having a
decent means to keep track of and maintain their internal schedules, this allows the
employees of selected organisation to provide it. It also assist in planning in order to
avoid high work or to ensure that workers with the appropriate pay scale execute the
appropriate tasks.
> HOUR AND WAGE ISSUE

The employees of the selected
organisation should have a feeling of security
in the workplace. It should be the case
regardless of the market. This involves
ensuring that the necessary protection
equipment is used and appropriate security
procedures are implemented.
LEGAL CHALLENGES ORGANISATION EXPERIENCES IN
MANAGINING THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS (cont..)
>ADEQUATE SAFETY IN THE
WORKPLACE
>ANNUAL LEAVE DISPUTE
In context to Tesco, leave management tools
that assist in developing a legal and
straightforward leave programme that
eliminates the possibility of a legal conflict.
This proposal is easily and accessible to all
the employees. This form of app will also assist
the staff in discussing leave demands and
changes with HR supervisors.

LEGAL CHALLENGES ORGANISATION EXPERIENCES IN
MANAGINING THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS (cont..)
In context to Tesco, conflict can arise in any setting, as well as the workplace
has no exception. The employee issues or direct conflicts between an employee and the
business manager are common occurrences and the ability to effectively manage conflict is
important to the company's long term success. When two people communicate with each
other, their opinions are heard and the argument will increase which resulting in low
employee morale or even the dismissal of a staff member.
> CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

POLICIES FOR EMPLOYESS WORKING IN
THE ORGANISATION
>> EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT 1996
>> THE EQUALITY ACT 2010
>> HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK
>> HOURS AND WAGES
>> THE PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE ACT 1998
>> FAMILY FRIENDLY APPROACHES

RECOMMENDATIONS
A framework that allows for consistent, productive contact amongst teammates and requires
them to engage in this manner in the event of a dispute. A rule will prevent rumours and
misunderstandings while also ensuring that workers still honest and realistic. Employees
should never be overworked as a result of many of these extra hours, as per a sharing
responsibility. HR administrators should use scheduling tracking skills to monitor that workers
have enough rest. This assists in reducing over towards the point that an unpleasant working
environment is created.
A good employee relations strategy can help in a variety of ways and to prevent
federal wage and hour breaches, encourage occupational wellness, assist in time
management and provide a simple means for team members to collaborate. It really is a great
key to ensuring that workers have a productive and enjoyable job experience.

RECOMMENDATIONS (cont..)
Implementing colleague interaction practises requires a 360-degree strategy and
considering Tesco's different companies, it designed corporation activities as well as company
activities that provided to all employees. Internally run and coordinated colleague engagement
programmes such as initiatives to encourage openness and colleague involvement are driven in-house
using internal tools ranging from designing financing, branding, producing content and using diverse
means of contact to communicate with all the employees of the organisation.
Participation calendar: These meetings are reported on internal networks and exchanged
with co workers for engagement. The event calendar is posted on in-house interactive TV and
exchanged via emails with employees. In the day of the workshop, event notices are sent out which
helps in encourage for more participation.

CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it can be concluded that the
employment relationship plays a vital role in an organisation. It serves as a
connection between workers and employers. This partnership is affected by
regulatory legislation and the outcomes of mutual relation arrangements on
the terms and conditions of work partnerships. Along with this, they face
many issues while working in the organisation such as conflict issues, time
management and so on and overcome for this, there are various policies for
the employees which are working in an organisation. In this report, it
includes the various challenges face by the employees along with the
various policies for them. It also includes recommendation for the employee
relation issues.

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