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

This article discusses the importance of employee relations at Tesco, the fundamentals of employment law, and ways to improve employee relations. It also explains the rights, duties, and obligations of employees and employers, stakeholder analysis, and the impact of positive and negative employee relations on stakeholders. Additionally, it examines how positive and negative employee relations affect conflict resolution and avoidance at the organization.

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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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 It is important for the employees to stay happy that will help in having better employee
relations at the organization and further have a positive impact upon the productivity of
the organization (Behling, 2018).
TASK 2
Explain the various rights, duties and obligations of an employee as well as employer along with
various mechanisms in order to improve employment relationships.
An employer and employee needs to perform various rights, duties and obligations at
Tesco. The various rights, duties and obligation of employers and employee at Tesco are as
follows-
Rights of the employer
 The employer has a right of safe work environment.
 The employer has a right to have access of information in regards of various hazards.
 The employer has a right to participate in the inspection of workplace (Brewster and
Holland, 2020).
 The employer has a right to refuse for the work that might put the employee in danger.
Rights of an employee
 The employee has a right to be demonstrated with the work safety methods and
techniques.
 The employee has a right to have access of safety tools at the organisation.
 The employee has a right to communicate the situation of work place.
 The employee has a right to get fair remuneration.
 The employee has a right to be informed regarding the safety of workplace (Budd, 2018).
Duties of the employer
 The employer has a duty to pay remuneration to the employees in exchange of their
services (Goldberg, 2019 ).
 It is the duty of the employer to provide a safe work environment to the employees in the
organization.
 The employer has a duty to allow the employees of the organization to take leaves.
Duties of an employee
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 It is the duty of the employee to provide the services to the organisation within the
working hours.
 The employee must work according to their skills in order to benefit the organisation.
 It is the duty of the employee to work in accordance with the business interest rather than
the individual interest (Budd, 2020).
Obligations of the employer
 It is the obligation of the employer to generate work to the employees in accordance with
the contract of the employment (Huppatz and Ross-Smith, 2017).
 The employer has the obligation to provide materials that are necessary for completion of
task.
 It is the obligation of employer to make timely payments of the wages of employees.
 It is the obligation of employer to treat employees with dignity.
 It is the obligation of the employer to provide rest to the employees through weekly
holidays (Chicchi, 2020).
Obligations of an employee
 It is the obligation of the employee to work in accordance with the employment contract.
 It is the obligation to handle all the tools and equipments of the workplace with care.
 The employee has an obligation to inform the employer about the accidents that occur at
the workplace (Jokela, 2017).
 The employee is obligated to be present at work under proper physical and mental health.
Mechanisms of employee relations
There are various mechanisms that can be followed by Tesco in order to develop better
employee relations at the organization. The mechanisms are as follows-
 Open communication- Communication will facilitate the organisation to build healthy
relationships at Tesco that will further help in developing better understanding among the
employees and the employer.
 Show gratitude- The organisation can focus on showing gratitude towards the employees
that are mechanism for improving employee relations at Tesco (D'Amours and et.al.,
2017).
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 Consistent feedback- The organization can focus upon giving consistent feedbacks that
will facilitate the person to grow and have better understanding.
TASK 3
Provide a stakeholder analysis of the organization. Also analyse how the stakeholder engagement
and contribution can support positive employment relationship at the organisation.
The stakeholder analysis of Tesco is explained below
Source- [Stakeholder Analysis, Project Management, templates and advice Source: Stakeholder
matrix - key matrices for stakeholder analysis, 2021]
Low Power low Interest
The stakeholders that fall under the category of low interest and low power are-
 Government- The government is a stakeholder in all the businesses as these are required
to comply with the rules and regulations specified by the government (Federici, 2019).
 Local authorities- The local authorities are external stakeholders with low interest and
low power who monitor if Tesco is operating as per the rules and regulations.
Low power high interest
 Communities- Community is a low power and high interest stakeholder as Tesco is a
source of employment generation in the community (Duggan and et.al., 2020).
High power low interest
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 Customers- Customers have a huge power as they can control the sales, revenues and
profits of Tesco however they have low interest towards the organization and its
performance (Fudge, 2017).
 Trade unions- The trade unions have a huge influence upon Tesco as they represent their
members in order to practice negotiation with the organisation.
High interest High Power
 Workers- Workers have huge financial interest in Tesco as well as high power as they
help the organisation to accomplish its objectives and goals.
 Suppliers- The suppliers have interest in the financial position to ascertain if Tesco is in
a position to pay off debts. They have a huge power as they supply raw materials to the
organisation that accommodate smooth operations at the organisation (Leighton and
McKeown, 2020).
Positive employee relationships through stakeholder engagement
 The stakeholders of Tesco help the organization to have a clear and consistent
communication during the project meeting. The proper involvement of the various
stakeholders facilitate positive employee relations at the organization (Kai and Xiaojing,
2019).
 The fluent stakeholder engagement allows the employees to share their views and ideas
through interaction that leads to positive employee relations in the organisation.
TASK 4
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.
Employee relation
Employee relation is referred to the relationship between the employer and the employee
in a workplace. There are basically two types of employee relations namely, positive employee
relations and negative employee relations. Each has a different impact over the various
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stakeholders of the organization. The impact of positive and negative employee relations upon
the stakeholders of Tesco are discussed below (Kunyi, Ping and Yujiang, 2020)-
Impact of positive employee relationship
 The positive employee relations help the employees of Tesco to perform effectively and
efficiently at the organisation in order to accomplish the organizational goals.
 The positive employee relationship will have better productivity that will benefit the
shareholders of Tesco with incurring better profits (Valenduc, 2019). The better productivity leads to increase in the demand of raw materials that will further
have an impact upon the suppliers as demands for their products will increase from the
side of Tesco.
Impact of negative employee relationship
 The negative employee relationship will deteriorate the environment of the organisation
that will further decline employee retention at Tesco. Thus, negative employee relation
will have an impact upon the employees of Tesco.
 The negative employee relation will reduce the productivity that will affect the profits of
the organization and further affect the financial position of the organization (Rani and
Grimshaw, 2019). This will have an impact upon the suppliers as well the community of
Tesco. The negative employee relation hinders the financial position of the organization and thus
suppliers will deny to offer goods on credit in threat of loss to the organisation
(Wilkinson and et.al., 2018).
Conflict avoidance and resolution through employment relationships
The positive and negative employee relations of Tesco have an impact upon the conflict
resolution and avoidance at the organisation. The impact of positive and negative employee
relationships upon conflict resolution and avoidance at Tesco is explained below-
Positive employment relationships
 The positive employee relationship helps the organization to avoid conflicts at the
organization. The positive employment relationships at Tesco develop a better
understanding among the employers and the employee that further reduces the chances
of conflicts at the workplace (Shaw, McPhail,and Ressia, 2018).
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 The positive employment relationships further do not lead to intense conflicts in case the
conflicts happen, they are resolved at the earliest as the organization has a positive
employee relationship at the organization.
Negative relationships
 The negative relationships at the organization are not likely to have a situation of
avoiding conflicts that occur in the organization (van Staden, 2019).
 The negative relationship will lead to some serious conflicts at the organization that will
further have an impact upon the productivity of the organisation as well. Moreover, it can
be considered that the organisations that face negative employee relations are not capable
of resolving conflicts easily.
It can be concluded from the above discussion that there is a direct relationship between
the employment relationships of the organization and productivity of the organisational.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded that employee relations have a huge significance in an organisation.
The work and employment relationship is referred to the relationship between the employees and
the employers in an organization. The study highlights values and importance of employee
relations at the organization along with various fundamentals of employment law in context of
the organization. Various ways are recommended in order to improve employee relations at the
organization. The study also highlights the various rights, duties and obligations that are
performed by the employer and employee of an organisation along with various mechanisms to
manage employment relationship. The study consists of stakeholder analysis in context of the
organization and their contribution towards the positive employment relations. In the ends, the
report summarises the impact of positive and negative employee relations upon stakeholders.
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