Work and Employment Relations: Importance, Fundamentals of Employment Law, Stakeholder Analysis, and Impact on Conflict Resolution

Work and Employment relations
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Highlight the value and importance of employee relations at Tesco. Also explain the
fundamentals of employment law in context of the organisation. Recommend ways to improve
employee relations at the organization. ......................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
Explain the various rights, duties and obligations of an employee as well as employer along
with various mechanisms in order to improve employment relationships. ................................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
Provide a stakeholder analysis of the organization. Also analyse how the stakeholder
engagement and contribution can support positive employment relationship at the
organisation. ...............................................................................................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
Analyse the impact of positive and negative employee relations on the various stakeholders of
the organisation. Examine perspective of various stakeholders in business environment to
support positive employment relationships. Further explain the ways in which positive and
negative employee relations affect conflict resolution and avoidance at the organization........8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
The work and employment relationship is basically a relationship between the employees
and the employers in an organization. The relationship between employee and employer is
abided by the various legal regulations that comprises of various terms and conditions. The
employment relations comprises of various rights, duties and obligations that are to be fulfilled
by the employers as well as employee (Agarwala and Saha, 2018).
Tesco is a UK based retail store chain that was established in the year 1919. The store
was founded by Jack Cohen and deals in various general merchandises as well as groceries. The
organization has established in stores in over 7000 location globally. The study revolves around
the work and employment relations at Tesco.
TASK 1
Highlight the value and importance of employee relations at Tesco. Also explain the
fundamentals of employment law in context of the organisation. Recommend ways to
improve employee relations at the organization.
The employee relationship has a great significance in an organization. The value and
importance of employee relations at Tesco is explained below-
 Employee relations- The strong employee relation at Tesco helps the organization to
retain the employees at the organization. Retention is important in order to minimise the
cost of hiring, recruitment and training of new worker at the organisation (Bain and
Taylor, 2017).
 Increases productivity- The positive employee relations at the organization will help
Tesco to increase its productivity. The positive employee relations will have a positive
aura at the organization which will help the employees to work with full potential
towards the accomplishment of goals.
 Lesser workplace conflicts- The healthy employee relations reduces the chances of
conflicts at the organization. Healthy employee relations will help Tesco to have peaceful
environment and thus increases the harmony among the employees at the organization.
The fundamentals of employment law in context of Tesco is explained below (Baran and
Czerniak-Swędzioł, 2020)-
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 The employment law aims to consider the rights of employees in the situations dismissals
or various leaves.
 The employment law further considers transfer of appropriate and minimum wages to the
employees that are in align with the inflation.
 The employment law considers rights at work for recognition of trade unions and
industrial actions (Batt, 2018).
 The employment law of UK measures has defined measures for fair treatment of part
time workers at the job.
 The employment law states that the organization must treat all its employees equally and
must not be judged or discriminated in aspect of various characteristics.
 The employment law has defined measures that protect rights of the employees in
consideration with the contracts.
Health and Safety Act, 1974
The health and safety act, 1974 has laid down various duties of the employers. The
employers are required to work upon protecting the rights of the employers along with health,
safety as well as welfare of the workforce at the work place. They are in context of all the
employees of the organisation which include premises, casual workers, clients, general public as
well as visitors. The act focuses upon providing adequate provisions for the welfare of the staff.
A work environment that is safe and properly maintained in order to operate in smooth and
ethical manner. The act basically provides relevant information along with instruction and
supervision.
Recommendations to improve employee relations at Tesco
 The organisation must initiate efforts for employee relations from the first day as the the
first impression plays a crucial role. The new employee at Tesco must be given time to
blend in the environment of the organization before pressurizing with the tasks.
 Tesco can switch upon giving positive feedbacks to their employees that will fill them
with positivity and help them feel accomplished (Baxter-Reid, 2019).
 The organization can look upon ways to improve communication at the organization that
can be done with the help of regular meetings and offering transparency at the workplace.
 Tesco can help the employees with career development by offering various opportunities
in order to motivate them to enhance the skills.
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