Work and the Employment Relationship

This article discusses the importance of a healthy relationship between employers and employees. It covers practical and legal challenges in employee relationship, conflict management, hours and wage issues, safety at work, and annual leave disputes. The article recommends open communication, well-defined policies, employee engagement, and training programs to improve the relationship. It also emphasizes the importance of safety, fair pay, and no discrimination. The conclusion highlights the need for a safe and secure working environment to motivate employees and improve the brand image of the company.

WORK AND
EMPLOYMENT
RELATIONSHIP

Notes:
Is observed that when the employees have strong and healthy relationship with their
employer it benefits the whole company. It is observed that losing and experienced employee
results in big loss to the company and maintaining a healthy relationship with the employees
tends to have positive effect on the production of the company.

Practical and Legal Challenges in employee relationship
Notes:
It is very important for having good and comfortable environment at workplace for the
employees to stay motivated and stress free. It is very important that employees should work in
teams in order to create new ideas and plans in order to accomplish the task in effective manner.
Every company wants to maintain the safe and secure working environment that encourages the
communication and also improves the organizational culture and helps in sharing the ideas and
views which can benefit the employee as well as the company. Amazon invest more cost in the
employees engagement and providing benefits to the employees which enable the employees to
improve their performance and bring their ideas and suggestions which will help the company to
grow. Every department has its own role to play in order to build healthy relations within the
company. The communication should be transparent between the employer and employee so that
they understand the task to be performed.

Notes:
Distinguishing the team with the same members of same gender
According the employment law there should be no discrimination on the basis of gender and
every body should be given chances to present their views and opinion which can benefit the
company. The company should pay equal pay for the work and give chances to show their skills
and capabilities which will help improve their performance in the company.
Conflict management
In order to avoid the conflict in the company it is important to have consistent and
effective communication between the team members and should educate the employees how to
tackle the situation when any conflict arise if any miscommunication happens within the team.
Each employee has its own view and ideas and is opposed by their members of the team if they
are dissatisfied by the ideas. In order to avoid such conflict there should be open communication
in the workplace and provide suggestions to improve the workplace. The employees should be
educated to develop the listening skills so that they have the ability to listen to the views of
others and understand how they can benefit the company. This will help to avid unnecessary
gossips, builds the trust among the employees and results in fewer disputes within the team
members. It is also observed that if managers are open and honest with their employees will lead
to fewer conflicts and healthy working environment at workplace.

Notes:
Hours and wage issues
Hours and wage issues is considered as the major issue within the company. Many employees
have issues regarding the pay they receive monthly which often creates a dissatisfaction among
the employees which affect their productivity as well as the productivity of the company. There
are situations where the disputes arise regarding the hours worked and claims that they have
worked for longer hours and is not paid for the extra working hours. The company should make
plans in order to tackle the issues related to wage and hours issues and the company should
focus on improving the method of tracking the working hours of the employees in order to
ensure abut the extra working hours of the company. The issues related to increase in the wages
of the employees many times employees demand increase in the wages which can be difficult for
the company. The management of the company has to look in to the current financial status of
the company and then make decisions accordingly. The company should make plans to provide
incentive or rewarding the employees after the achievement of the task in which that have
invested their hard work and time. In order to maintain healthy relationship between the
employees and also to retain the employees the company have to make certain changes in their
management in order to handle such situation.
Adequate safety work:

Under the employment law various provisions have been made regarding the duties and
responsibilities of the employer as well as the employee. The employer have the responsibility to
ensure the safety working environment so that employees are equipped with the safety measures
in order to avoid any accidents at the workplace. The area of the company which is involves the
risk and any employee working in that area should be provided with necessary training about the
use of such equipments so that they are aware about the usage of such machines which involves
risk at work place.
Annual leave disputes
Annual leave is also considered as the issues which ends up conflict among the employees in the
company. If these issues are not manages it can result into dispute which can negatively impact
the business operations. Annual laves are considered important for the employees as it reduces
the unnecessary burden and motivates the employees which will improve their performance. The
company should focus on formulating well- defined leave policies and educate the employees
abut such policies and avoid the conflicts at workplace.

Notes:
 It is recommended to the Amazon company to introduce open communication culture in
the company in order to avoid the conflicts and educate the employees to understand the
opinions of other team members which a result will have positive impact on the
company.
 It is recommended that in order to resolve the issues in the company, the management
should formulate such plans and policies which improves the employer and employee
relationship and also increase the engagement of the employees in the company so that
they can focus on improving their performance and also helps in personal development of
the employees.
 The employer should focus on rewarding and appreciating the employees for the hard
work they have invested in the completion of specified task on time as it act as a
motivator and employees feel that their efforts are valued by the company.
 It is also recommended to the company that if the company feels that improvement is
necessary for the employees' development should conduct training and developmental
programmes in order to increase their skill and knowledge in their respective field.

Notes:
 The employer should ensure safety of the employer as they are considered as the assets of
the company and contributes in the building the brand image of the company by giving
the output on time by using their skills and knowledge.
 The company should set up fix working hours for the employees and pay extra for the
extra working of the employees. The company should also provide the respective leave
for the employees.
 The company should also install updated software in their systems so that they can easily
track the working hours of the employees.
 The company should also ensure that no discrimination should be taken place regarding
the gender and should be paid equally according to the work they have been assigned.
CONCLUSION

Notes:
In order to improve the employee employer relationship safe and secure working
environment should be promoted. Various modification should be done so that employees are
motivated and focus on their work assigned in the completion of the task. The company should
install various updated software in order to reach the working hours of the employees and if they
are working beyond the working hours they should be paid for their work apart from the salary.
Motivated employees will help in improving the working environment and also the brand image
of the company.

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