Employee Relations, Laws, and Stakeholder Analysis at ASDA

This report delves into the crucial aspects of employee relations within ASDA, examining the interplay between employees and various stakeholders. It begins by highlighting the value and importance of employee relations, emphasizing how strong relationships contribute to productivity and loyalty. The report then explores the fundamental laws of employment applicable to ASDA, referencing key legislation such as the Act of 1998, the Time of 1998, and the Equality Act 2010, and the Equal Pay Act of 1970, emphasizing their role in shaping workplace practices. Furthermore, it outlines the rights, duties, and obligations of both employers and employees, providing a comprehensive view of the employment relationship. The report further analyzes stakeholder relationships within ASDA and assesses the impact of both positive and negative employee relations on different stakeholders. In conclusion, the report underscores the significance of fostering a positive and legally compliant employee relations environment for organizational success. The report discusses the importance of mutual trust, motivation, and the impact of employee relations on productivity and overall firm performance. It covers employee rights, duties, and obligations, as well as the fundamental employment laws that apply to the organization.

UNIT: 20 – Employee
Relations

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Value and importance of employees relations..................................................................1
P2 Fundamentals of laws of employment that apply to organizations:..................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
P3 Different type of rights, duties and obligations an employer:...........................................4
P4 Rights, duties and obligations of the employment relationship of organisation...............5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
P5 Stakeholder analysis in ASDA :........................................................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
P6 Impact of both positive and negative employee relations on different stakeholder:........8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCE ................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Employees relations determine the relationship which is shared between employees and
others. Employees are crucial part in the firm and their relations is also plays important role in
organizations. Relationship can be between anyone in the company, between his superior,
between workers, between two members in the management(Müller-Jentsch, 2018). The report
will discuss about the ASDA employees relations can influence the behaviour of different
stakeholders and their rights duties which define employees roles in firm.
The report will also include value and importance of employees’ relations and
fundamental of employees law that apply in firm. Different types of rights, duties and
obligations of the employment. The report will also include advice relating to rights, duties and
obligations and stakeholder analysis or impact of both negative and positive employees relations
on different stockholders needs.
TASK 1
P1 Value and importance of employees relations
Employees are crucial part of organizations and their relations in organizations to other
employers it's also play most important roles in firm. Relationship is maintained trust and
motivation in employees working area. Strong employer an employees' relationship can be the
key to the ultimate success of organizations and its results its come with advantageous. Strong
relationship is in place create more productivity and more loyalty(Karl, Peluchette and Hall,
2016). As a junior HR manager in ASDA, manager understand the importance of employees
relationship in many ways like employees are key part of the organisation and their relationship
is comprised may ways to another employees like important of employees relationship helps to
shared business ideas and also understand the business problem in firm. ASDA employee’s
importance with relations to other employees defines how they define their issues and solved
them. Many issues are in ASDA which individual cannot take alone and good relationship helps
to guidance and gives advice to make better decisions.
Apart from that, values of employees relationship is defined how important to manage
good relationship in firm. In ASDA manager has to understand the values of worker relationship
is encouraged each other employees for make goals and healthy relationship reduced the many
problems in organizations. Employees’ relationship values in ASDA are defined how the
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employees are handling all over working in firm. As employees' trust and loyalty are the greatest
part which is maintained work as per the requirement of organizations. In accordance to
employees relations that has been between many people in ASDA like relation between workers,
relationship to directors, relationship with superiors and also with clients. All impact are going to
employees working personality which is defined success in firm (Obushenkova, Plester and
Haworth, 2018). As a junior at human resource in ASDA is understood the importance
employees relationship, is the most deciding factors and it important to have mutual trust.
Employees have trust in his employers and employers trust in his employees. This factor
helps to build relations between both parties. Trust in relationship maintain relations and
understand each other. One of the most importance part in employees’ relations in ASDA is give
motivation to each employees in firm . Motivation is also maintained relationship with
employees because this helps in ASDA to motivate their employees for work and incresed their
performance in work.
In accordance to values of employees relationship in ASDA define the relationship is
helps to understand work related problems and also discuss personal problems. Values of
employees relation in ASDA which define in the retail industry employees relationship has to
maintained productivity like if employees are done their work with co-ordination and they also
have to manage all kinds of firm activity with the help of another employee. The value of
employees in a firm also determines characteristics like how they have to define their characters
and managed relationship with others(Zheng and et.al., 2015).
P2 Fundamentals of laws of employment that apply to organizations:
Fundamental laws of employment are for employers, workers and trade unions. People of
UK have benefit from fundamental laws and rights which are found in various common laws,
Acts, regulations and equity. In Accordance to employment laws of ASDA and junior managers
of the firm helps to understand employment laws are helps for employers which are faced any
issues in working time(Swailes and Blackburn, 2016). In the UK, many people are faced
problems in employment and as per the condition UK has to establish various laws which is for
provide service to employees in their working hours. According to those issues in the ASDA,
firm has to decide to include several laws in firm which is make better working stability in
organizations.
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 Act of 1998- An accordance to Act of 1998 sets forth the minimum wages per hour. The
laws has to defined the minimum wage rate various per age group up to twenty-one (21),
and its for aay employees over twenty-one years of age and wage is for per employees for
$6.19 an hour. According to these laws, ASDA also adopts these laws in their
organisation. In the supermarkets number of employees working in 24 hours because
supermarket is open 24 hours. Therefore, they allowed following this also for employees
from that employees' retention is stable in firm.
 Time of 1998 - In accordance to Time of 1998, these laws' government decided to give
holiday entitled to 5.6 weeks paid holiday time per year. Part-time employees are entitled
to pro-rats amount of holiday pay based up-to the 5.6 weeks for full-time
employees(Ibrahim and Al Falasi, 2014). In accordance to ASDA, junior manager also
understand this always for only those people who working in super markets and as well
as retail firm. These laws also define per weeks holiday and for part-time people the
holiday must be weeks of full.
 Equality Act 2010- In this equality Act 2010. The law which follow the three major rules
in European unions. Moreover, this law is based on discrimination and harassment. The
ASDA follows these laws in firm. These laws including age, gender reassignments,
disability, sex, religion, part-time work, fixed union membership activities. In accordance
to these laws, ASDA Junior Managers understand laws prohibiting discrimination apply
to hiring, which includes the terse and conditions of employments, like terminations,
promotions, training and employees compensations.
 Terminations- Here ASDA Junior Managers understand laws include employment
contracts which including expiration of contract, termination by mutual agreement of
retirement. In this laws firm has to define employment sign the contract if this will be
expire the firm has rights to terminate employees into the organizations (Tansel and
Gazîoğlu, 2014).
 Equal Pay Act Of 1970- In this laws firm followed the rules of UK government which is
each employee to pay equal salary as per the same position. These laws in ASDA to
maintained employees’ stability and also have to make trust in employees’ area.
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TASK 2
P3 Different type of rights, duties and obligations an employer:
Employees rights duties and obligation are necessary in any firm. ASDA have to define
many rights, duties and obligation in firm which is only for employees and their works. Th rights
are which is for any employees accept form the firm and duties are which is employees perform
in organizations and obligation which is firm has set for employees in working. All are discuss in
details below-
Employees Rights- In organization numbers of rights have employees which is given by
the organisation like in firm employees are only who has to maintained the firm working and
also make growth in firm (Townsend,Wilkinson and Burgess, 2014). In ASDA gives many rights
to employees which is discussed below-
 In ASDA workers have rights to identify al information about firm like working, working
hours, rules and positions, wage and also written conformation letter.
 Employees have rights to receive payslip hat provide details and deductions.
 Employees can not have to make illegal deductions form wages.
 Employees have rights to complain of any problem in like extra work force in firm.
 Workers have rights in ASDA for urgent leave.
 Employees have to rights to accept notice before one month if company have to
terminate.
Employees duties in firm-Employees duties in firm define how they perform tasks in
firm and ho to perform their work in order to follows firm rules. In accordance to these
employees have many duties like responsible order within term of the contract of employment,
cooperate with other employers, indemnify the employer in appropriate cases., perform duties
with loyal and diligence, not to misuse the confidential information acquired while in service.
Many duties can be reflect the work performance in firm (Kloutsiniotis and Mihail, 2017). The
employees duties also define the term which is help to understand in ASDA employees duties
towards work.
 Employees duties in ASDA employees ensure that material, equipment and protective
device as provided by the employers maintained in good conditions.
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 Employees has duties in ASDA to maintained all working in supermarkets like attend
customers and provided exact details about the firm and as well as products.
 Employees has also duties to working as per the requirement of firm and also gives duty
at organization working hours.
 Employees duties also define employees follows all rules of ASDA like laws and policies
and work as per the employees requirements.
Employers obligations- Employers obligations is a contract of employment, obligation and
duties owed by an employee to their employer, and also carry out the following orders by the
employers ASDA employers has own duties which can be under by the laws and give employees
correct information about rights under their contract (Kaufman And et.al., 2016).
 To be honest.
 Not participating in industrial action.
 Not able disclose any information about the employees and firm product.
 Give an idea to invention to the employers if these are developed by the employees
during their employment.
P4 Rights, duties and obligations of the employment relationship of organisation.
Rights, duties and obligations is in ASDA refers to employment working styles and their
definitions to the organizations. In this ASDA have to implement many rights, duties and
obligations which is defined the exact working personality of employees-in ASDA. In
accordance to ASDA junior managers help to understand many rights, duties and obligations
followed by ASDA in firm(Chung,2016).
Employments rights in ASDA- Employees rights in ASDA includes rights, freedom and
discrimination, privacy, proper details about work. Several rights are come within ASDA
 Employment has rights in ASDA to be form discrimination and harassment of all types.
 Rights to fair wages for work performed.
 Rights to safe workplace and free for dangers conditions and other potential safety
hazards.
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 Rights to define problems work related.
 In ASDA all employees have rights to work with freedom and increasing productivity on
workplace.
 Employees has rights to work in working hours and firm cannot be force them to work
within extra hours(Seitel, 2017). Employees has also right to define the exact situation in
firm like they have rights to define each and every situation which is saw in ASDA.
 Employees of ASDA have rights to at-least have a half and hours break in working hour
where they have food and sneak in those time.
 In ASDA employees has rights explain different kinds of order which is given by
employees as well as firm.
The duties of ASDA employment- In this ASDA employment have duty to maintained
each and working of ASDA and as well as own. The duty refers to safety of work and also
cooperate inn work. Employment duties in ASDA also define follows instructions of firm rules
and work according to the rules of firm.
 ASDA employment duties refers to cooperate with employers on heath and safety
matters.
 Employment duties is not only refers to health and safety themselves it also refers to
others which is in organisation.
 ASDA employers in have duty to maintained customers' relationship and also increased
productivity.
 ASDA employees duties comprised to increased marketing and also make promotions to
ASDA products.
Obligations of employees in ASDA- Obligation is identified the responsibility which is
employees handle in ASDA. Which is according to the firm working and relationship to other
employers(Zheng and et.al., 2015). The obligations are followed by very employees towards
working.
 ASDA employment obligation is determines the responsibility towards organizations and
as well as Woking.
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 In ASDA employers responsibility to handle all clients' requirement and also accepts
feedback from the customers.
 Obligation also refers to fulfil the requirement in employees duties like ASDA has
numbers of supermarkets and employees has obligation in those supermarkets to
maintained it.
 Obligation also refers in ASDA employees is not competed in business against the
employers while still working for them as an employee.
TASK 3
P5 Stakeholder analysis in ASDA :
Stakeholders analysis in ASDA is determines the important techniques for stakeholders
to identify and analysis their needs and demands. It includes to identify all key like secondary
and primary issues which is concerned in firm. In the business industry different types of
stakeholders analysis are played importance roles and firm has to analysis their working and also
accept the needs and demands of them(Swailes and Blackburn, 2016). In ASDA stakeholders
analysis define the needs of customers and ensure about the management process in firm. The
stakeholders are in firm ho will give support and also give advice which is identified the impacts
on firm as well as organizations productivity.
The stockholder analysis also maintained is the key part of any firm and in ASDA this
analysis is played different roles like in retail industry stockholders plays vital roles like to
accept working personality and also define roles in firm. Stockholder analysis in ASDA
identified the importance techniques which is defined the needs and also conduct the primary and
secondary research about the firm like they ha knowledge about to having working in fir like in
employment many works is related to firm. To provide productivity and also provide company
working responsibility.
Apart from that stakeholder analysis in the firm which is defined to identify the data of
firm and also identify the issues like employment terminations, recruitment issues and work
according problems to analysis and fix it into their manners. In accordance to stockholders needs
which define how to accomplish the goals in firm and also define how to manage working in
firm(.Ibrahim and Al Falasi, 2014). In the ASDA stakeholders have plays roles to increased
productivity and also increased firm quality according to the business. In ASDA different types
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of stakeholders has different effects on business some have quality to improve the business
productivity and some have quality to manage firm responsibility.
In organizations different kinds of stakeholders have an idea to publish roles and also
identified. In accordance to stockholder analysis in ASDA they identify internal and external
working of business. Internal includes the employees, auditing, facilities, legal, program teams,
legal, human resource, marketing etc. and external includes auditors, buying groups, consumers
groups, customers, competitors, investors, governments agencies etc. stakeholder in ASDA also
maintained all internal and external issues which relates to the firm. In other facts stockholders
analysis is also maintained the marketing and auditing in firm and share markets of the firm. It
also defines the exact needs which is defined the productivity and also maintained working
personality of each employees(Tansel and Gazîoğlu, 2014).
TASK 4
P6 Impact of both positive and negative employee relations on different stakeholder:
Stakeholders impacts on firm which is defined how the Stockholder ahead all the
working in organizations and also maintained the productivity in firm like stakeholders roles in
firm to idealization of issues in firm and also define different kinds of needs and roles which is
defined by stakeholders like they have work in firm to analysis all the working which is relates to
fir and also related to customers. The main facts is that stakeholders have an idea which
maintained the productivity and also identify the needs of firm and their relations to the
organizations.
In accordance to stockholders in firm who are only to define impacts of positive and
negative in firm. Like stakeholder who have impacts on businesses both negative and positive
they have an idea to maintained each working and their impacts to employees relations as well.
Positive impacts on employees relations to stakeholder-
 Stakeholder defines the roles which is maintained the productivity as well as maintained
the quality of work.
 In the positive effects on employees relations to stakeholder in ASDA is defined the
employees' retention in firm as well as the quality which is maintained properly it is also
defined how the stakeholder handle the needs of employees in working area.
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 It's also define to ensure the neds and demands of customers according to the
organization's requirement(Kloutsiniotis and Mihail, 2017).
 One of the most positive effects on stakeholders on ASDA is to identify the primary and
secondary research of the company and maintained the performance of the firm.
 One more positive effects on fir which is to identified the less and better communications
to stakeholder to understand the each requirements of organizations as well as complete
work in firm.
Negative effects on stakeholders in employees relationship-
 Negative effects on employees' relationship is to employees have and space about the
work and hey are lost trust because stakeholder have no knowledge about the firm
activity they only have to understand accept profit.
 One of the most negative effects on stakeholders in firm to identified resource which is
for not good in the firm as well as employees(Kaufman And et.al., 2016).
CONCLUSION
In the above report, the report concluded about the employees relations in organizations
and its impacts to firm productivity and stability as well as. Employees relationship is plays
important part in firm which is because employees are only who handle all firm working and also
shared idea to each employees to another employer. The report also concluded about the ASDA
employees relations to each other and their rights, duties and obligations and different kinds of
right and duties which is related to ASDA and stakeholder analysis in firm and impact of both
positive and negative employees relations on different stakeholders.
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