The Value and Importance of Employee Relations in House of Fraser

Work and the Employment
Relationship
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Part-1................................................................................................................................................4
Value and importance of employee relations..............................................................................4
Fundamentals of employment law..............................................................................................4
Suggestions in order to improve employee relations..................................................................5
PART-2............................................................................................................................................5
Rights, duties and obligations of employer and employee.........................................................5
Suggestion regarding rights, duties and obligations of employees and employers.....................6
Psychological contract and support for employee work life balance..........................................7
Various mechanisms for managing the employment relationship..............................................7
PART 3............................................................................................................................................7
Stakeholder analysis of House of Fraser.....................................................................................7
Stakeholders engagement and contribution in maintaining positive employment relationship..8
PART 4............................................................................................................................................8
The impact of both positive and negative employee relations on different stakeholders...........8
Positive and negative employee relationships can affect conflict avoidance and resolution of
House of Fraser...........................................................................................................................9
Different stakeholders perspectives and interest in business environment to help in positive
employment relationship ............................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
Employment relationship is define as the relation with take place between employers and
the employees within the organisation (Griffin, Bryant and Koerber, 2015). The primary motive
of employee relationship is to focus on various strategies in order to improve the relations and
perform work in coordination with each other. Moreover employee relations focus on line
managers by helping them in connecting and establishing relations with the employees of
organisation. The company chosen for this report is House of Fraser. The company was
established in UK by Hugh Fraser and James Arthur and they are belonging to retail industry.
They are dealing in clothing, cosmetics, accessories and many more. The topics covered in the
report are critical understanding the employment relationship, external and internal factors
effecting the relation, roles and responsibilities of stakeholders that influences the employment
relationship.
MAIN BODY
Part-1
Value and importance of employee relations
The healthy and strong relationship among the staff members provide benefit to the entire
organisation. From the research it has been identified that employees who have good relations
with its employees experience high productivity and smooth functioning within the organisation.
The value and importance of employee relation in context of House of Fraser is explained below-
 Retain loyal Employees- The companies who are unable to build health relations with its
employees then in such cases the retention of hard working employees becomes difficult.
In context of House of Fraser, the company focus on maintaining healthy relations which
helps them in retaining the skilled and loyal employees (Karanges and et.al., 2015). Increased productivity- In context of House of Fraser, the healthy and strong relations
among the members and high authorities contributes in increasing the volume of
production and enhancing the level of productivity.
Fundamentals of employment law
The fundamentals of employment law need to be followed by every organisation and for
that they have separate team known as HR department to regulate the laws. In context of House
of Fraser, they focus more on following laws related to employees-
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 Employment Right Act 1996- According to this act employees have full right to take
their own decisions and to put their view points in the decisions of the company. House
of Fraser consider its employees as the part of company and take their suggestions and
involve them in all the decisions of the company (Jennings, McCarthy and Undy, 2017).
 Equal opportunities act 1972- The company provide equal opportunities to its
employees that is no discrimination is one on the bases of preferences, like, age and caste.
They offer equal salary to its employees. On the bases of skills and capabilities of
employees the role is assigned to them so that they can do much better and has more
opportunities for their growth and development. Health and safety act 1974- In context of House of Fraser, the company take proper
measures at its workplace in order to ensure the safety of its employees. Moreover
employees are provided with health insurance so that in case they face any health issue
they can get good treatment. For company the health and safety of its employee is
important so hygiene level is maintain so that no one get infected.
Suggestions in order to improve employee relations
 Motivate employees- Motivation is one of the most effective step which
company can take as it helps in building strong relations with employees at
workplace. Moreover it contributes in encouraging employees to perform better
and they become more responsible and loyal towards company (Koch and
Manzella, 2019).
 Determine proper goals- Setting proper goals helps in directing the employees
and contributes in building good and strong relations with employees at
workplace. The goals should be set according to the skills and abilities of
employees so that it become easy for them to accomplish set goals. Furthermore it
provide better growth options to employees and they work more effectively and
efficiently in attaining the goals and objectives of company.
PART-2
Rights, duties and obligations of employer and employee
In account of organization, both employees as well as employers have set of rights, duties
and obligations to perform. It is mandatory to have proper knowledge about these factors as they
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