Report on Employee Relationships, Law & Stakeholders - Bentley Motors

This report delves into the significance of employee relationships within organizations, focusing on Bentley Motors as a case study. It highlights the value of positive employer-employee connections, discussing how these relationships facilitate smoother workflow, boost employee motivation, and minimize conflicts and absenteeism. The report also examines the fundamentals of UK employment laws, including the Employment Relations Act 1999, the National Minimum Wages Act 1998, and the Equality Act 2010, emphasizing the rights, duties, and obligations of both employers and employees. A stakeholder analysis identifies key stakeholders and assesses the impact of employee relationships on them. Furthermore, the report evaluates the psychological contract and the importance of work-life balance, suggesting mechanisms for maintaining healthy employment relationships. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of fostering positive employment relationships for organizational success.

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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Value and importance of employee relationship and explaining fundamentals of employment
law ..............................................................................................................................................1
Rights duties and obligations of employer and employees .........................................................3
Stakeholder analysis for chosen organisation .............................................................................6
Analysation of impact of both positive and negative employee relationship on different
stakeholder:..................................................................................................................................7
Evaluation of positive and negative employee relationship and its impact on conflict avoidance
and resolution ..............................................................................................................................8
Examination of different perspective of stakeholder and interstice in business environment to
support positive employment relationship ..................................................................................8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Employee relationship can be described as efforts done by establishments in building and
maintaining long-lasting and positive association with personnel at workplace (Duan and et. al.,
2021). This is done by organisation to ensure employee engagement and retention for a longer
time period. Strong and healthy relationships at workplace not only benefits employees but the
entire organisation in increasing their productivity level. It has been proven from studies that
healthy employer-employee relationships in an organisation helps in making personnel more
productive and retain for them a long run. In order to gain insights about about influence of
employee relationship on the behaviour of varied stakeholders, Bentley Motors is taken into
consideration. Bentley Motors is an UK based luxury car manufacturer which was established in
1919 and has its headquarters at Crewe, United Kingdom.
This project demonstrates knowledge and critical understanding of approaches regarding
employment relationships which enables management in gaining insights about meso, micro and
macro-level environment. This project report critically analyses and evaluates varied roles as
well as responsibilities of stakeholders that impact on employability associations.
MAIN BODY
Value and importance of employee relationship and explaining fundamentals of employment law
Every individual has built and maintain a certain relationship with their peers. It is
important for employers to encourage their employees in making healthy relationship at
workplace (Audenaert, George and Decramer, 2019). Importance of employee relationship in
accordance with Bentley Motors are discussed below: Employment relationship make work easy- Healthy relationships can ease the work load
on employees and provides a free and casual environment which enhances their
productivity level. In relevance with Bentley Motors, they provide effective and open
communication channels which can be used by employees for interacting to each other in
a simpler way. Aids in motivating employees- It is essential to build long-lasting employability
relationships as they helps in motivating and inspiring employees to increase their
productivity yield. In accordance with Bentley Motors, managers believe in motivating
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employees to make a healthier relationship which helps in imposing a sense of trust in
them. Discourage conflicts and fights- Effective employment relationship help employees in
adjusting with their surroundings and curbs the habit of finding faults in others. In
context to Bentley Motors, employment relationships are so much developed as it helps
personnel in wasting their crucial time in meaningless disputes. Managers of Bentley
Motors inspire their employees by offering rewards and monetary benefits which helps
them not to be bias against any one.
 Reduces the absenteeism- Strong employment relationships and lack of workplace
conflicts helps in reducing absenteeism. Employees feel happy and satisfied by
maintaining strong relationship. This tends them to not to apply for leave very often.
It is recommended to managers of Bentley Motors to start involving their employees in
decision-making process. It is advisable for managers to provide proper rewards to employees in
order to make them satisfied and engage them in workings in an effective manner. Employees
are asked to give their constructive feedbacks regarding operational processes of organisation.
Fundamentals of employment laws
Fundamental of employment laws talks about crucial contracts and their terms as well as
warranties regarding employability (DJASTUTI, 2017). It encompasses discussion about varied
laws and regulations framed by UK government for maintaining standards in workplace. Varied
employment laws that are compiled by Bentley Motors are as follows: Employment relations act, 1999- This specific law is framed by UK government for
establishing the rights of employees by making trade unions for depicting employee's
demands in front of management. In relation to Bentley Motors, managers comply with
this law and follow its legislatives by providing a scope to form trade unions. Managers
listen to trade unions regarding problems and issues of employees. National minimum wages act, 1998- This legislative is framed for compliance by every
UK organisation. It suggests that every employees should be provided minimum wages
for their work at any establishment. In context to Bentley Motors, managers provides a
specified sum of amount to their every worker which is regulated by UK government.
 Equality Act, 2010- This act is related to maintain equality and curb the practice of
discrimination at workplace. Under this act, some characteristics are given which can be
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performed with employees at the workplace. In accordance with Bentley Motors,
managers perform equality at their high stream. They have adopted a redressel
mechanism for employees to register their complainants if they are facing any
discrimination or exploitations at workplace.
Rights duties and obligations of employer and employees
To conduct successful business, an organisation needs to follow various rights, duties and
obligations that both employer and employee needs to abide by. The different rights, duties and
obligations for the employer and employee of Bentley Motors is discussed below:
Employer
Rights Right to respect- Employers have the right to respect from both companies employees
and customers'. The employers of Bentley Motors have maintained their dignity in a way
that each employee of the firm listens to what they say and respects them as well as their
opinions. Right to performance management- In companies, the employers have the right to track
efforts and performances of employees. In Bentley Motors, employers motivate
employees to work hard and effectively as well as also monitor their performance to
review their working.
Duties Safe and healthy environment- Main duty of employers is to provide safe, secure and
healthy working environment. At Bentley Motors, employers have designed workplace in
way that all employees feel safe and motivated to work. Prevention of harassment- Various type of harassment takes place in company resulting
in minimising employees productivity. Employers of Bentley Motors follows several
measures to prevent harassment or discrimination among employees.
Obligations Equal opportunity- Employers of an organisation are obligated to give equal
opportunities to every employee (Peterson, Gordon and Neale, 2017). In Bentley Motors,
employers do not engage in favouritism and give equal chances to their employees
without any discrimination.
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 Develop trust- Basis for successful organisation is the level of trust and confidence
among its employers and employees. The employers of Bentley Motors are obliged to
create an environment of confidence so the subordinates can share their thoughts or ideas
as well as feel respected and heard.
Employees
Rights- Right to income- After helping firms to achieve their goals by giving necessary efforts,
each employee has the right to income. In Bentley Motors, employees get necessary
salary which has been fixed at time of their recruitment.
 Right to fixed working hours- Sometimes employers may expect extra working hours
from employees, thus it is the right of employees to work for fixed hours. At Bentley
Motors, employees work in their specified shifts and has been paid extra if their working
hours extend due to some reasons.
Duties Ethical practices- Companies provides various policies and regulations for fair trade
practices. In Bentley Motors, it is the duty of employees to not engage in any illegal
practices which can harm firm's reputation or goodwill.
 Performance- In exchange of the salary employees get, it is their duty to work with their
full potential. Employees of Bentley Motors works with their full potential and capacities
to help firm achieve their goals.
Obligations: Information about uncertainties- One of major obligation of employees is to provide
information about future uncertainties to company. At Bentley Motors, employees keep
all data of market trends in order to look out for challenges that firm might face in future.
 Respect opinions of employers- employees are obligated to respect opinions of their
employers. In Bentley Motors, employees hear and follow what their employers say as
well as honour their opinions.
Employment relationships refers to the legal connection between employers and
employees (Lewchuk, 2020). The main motive of employment relationship is to create healthy
connection between subordinate and supervisor to enhance the performance, productivity and
profitability of company as well as solve their issues related to task, technology and people in the
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organisation. With this manager can compare the performance of each employees to make sure
the proper utilisation of scare resources and satisfied the needs their needs for better work. The
rights, duties and obligation in context to the Bentley Motors are as follows-
Rights- It is considered to make psychological contract for better employment
relationship in Bentley Motors to enhance healthy working condition, effective commination and
contract diversity among all the employees or employers at each level of company. Also, the top
management of the Bentley Motors must develop balance in the working of employers and
employees as well as work or benefits are distributes equally as per their role to encourage the
effortless working and good interaction among superior or workers.
Duties- Employers and employees must complete their task and share information about
problems or uncertainties with each other to strengthen their connection which helps them to
solve various future problems in the organisation (Nurmukhambetova, 2017). It is the duty of
every employees and employers in Bentley Motors to provide necessary information about future
challenges to each other so they are aware about that while performing the task. Also, the
supervisor must listen and give opportunities to their worker so they take initiate to perform task
with full efforts and solve problems immediately.
Obligations – One of the major obligation of employer in Bentley Motors is to provide
equal opportunities, safety from accidents and build trust among employees so they feel safe and
confident to work with full potential to achieve success (Pistone, 2020). The obligation of
employees in Bentley Motor is to give proper information about uncertainties to supervisor so
they prepare in future and make effective strategies to resolves these problems.
Assessment of the psychological contract and assist for employee work life balance in context
to rights, duties and obligations of the employment relationship
It is evaluated that psychological contract among workforce is all about moral values,
ethics and behaviour which are pre defined to manage organisation activities effectively for
better working. As per the previous operations of Bentley Motors, this contract is essential to
define beliefs, practices and ethics for the people to maintain work life balance of employers and
employees. This contract allows them to create better communication by using rights, fulling
obligations and duties as per the limit of employment relationship.
Explore several mechanisms for maintain employment relationship with justified solutions
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There are various law Equality Act 2010, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Family
and Medical leave act and many more which helps the management of Bentley Motors to
manage employment relationship among workforce. These laws allow them to work under its
guidelines and provide sense of belonging to employees for better work.
Stakeholder analysis for chosen organisation
Stakeholder analysis is a process that helps in identifying varied people which impact the
business operations in a sizeable manner. Stakeholder analysis in relevance with Bentley Motors
are discussed below: High power, high interest- These stakeholders are crucial for organisation and needed to
be prioritized by keeping them happy and satisfied as these have high power as well as
interest in business operations (Leighton and McKeown, 2020). In relevance with
Bentley Motors, these stakeholders are comprises of investors and owners as they have
power to take important decisions as well as interest as they have invested their resources
in this. If company is going well, employees wilfully take part in operations and make
healthy employment relationships. High power, low interest- These stakeholders have influence in business operations as
they having high power and organisational managers need to satisfy them for their low
interest (Greene, 2017). In relation to Bentley Motors, UK government fall under this
category. They have power to make variations in market doe to fluctuations in trends.
They can impact employee relationship by making or modifying nay existing law
regarding to personnel. Low power, high interest- These stakeholders have low power and keep informed by
organisation in order to make sure that they are not facing nay issue regarding business
operations (Dundon and et. al., 2017). In relation to Bentley Motors, these stakeholders
employees fall under this category. They have high interest in operations as they get their
salary from these but have low power in decision-making.
 Low power, low interest- In accordance with Bentley Motors, customers are those
stakeholders who have low power in business operations as well as low interest as they
can switch due to better deals for their betterment.
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Analysation of impact of both positive and negative employee relationship on different
stakeholder:
Employee relationship is one of important term for business as it allow them to build good image
of company in minds of different stakeholders. It both positive as well as negative impact over
different stakeholder of business which is mentioned below:
Positive impact of employee relationship:
Shareholder and investor: Employee relationship is creating good impact over stakeholder of
Bentley Motors as it allow employees work with dedication that will improve productivity of
company and increase their level of profitability (Brewster and Holland, 2020). It will also create
opportunity for shareholder and investor of business to get get more return over money investor
in business.
Customers: Employee relationship also create positive impact over customers of Bentley
Motors as it provide customers with good quality of products in less price. As it increase
engagement of employees with work of company that will improve quality of work of employees
and minimise wastage in organisation.
Employees: Maintaining good employee relationship also creating good impact over employees
of Bentley Motors. It allow positive impact over performance of employees that allow them to
get good opportunity to get growth in company. It also improve satisfaction of employees in
organisation.
Negative impact of employee relationship:
Shareholder and investor: Maintaining employee relationship create negative impact over
shareholder of Bentley Motors as it will increase cost of company that reduce profitability level
of company (Harsh and Prasad, 2021). It will reduce return and income of shareholder and
investors of company.
Customers: For maintaining good employee relationship, Bentley Motors will increase payment
of employees, providing them additional services that increase cost of company and as a result,
prices of products also increases that is not a good thing for customers.
Employees: It also create negative impact over employees of Bentley Motors as with
maintaining good relationship, employee provide training and development opportunity to
employees but at same time, they also increase work burden of employees.
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Evaluation of positive and negative employee relationship and its impact on conflict avoidance
and resolution
Employee relationship allow business to develop and maintain good relationship with employees
that allow them to improve satisfaction of employees. Satisfied employees are less likely to
involve in conflict with management of company. These employee follow guidance and direction
of employees that is important for them. It allow managers of Bentley Motors to avoid situation
of conflict and also if conflict occur helps them to resolve it effectively.
Examination of different perspective of stakeholder and interstice in business environment to
support positive employment relationship
Stakeholder provide support to develop business environment that support to positive
employees relationship as it create benefits for them in direct or indirect manner. With
maintaining good employee relationship, Bentley Motors can create benefits for different
stakeholders. As shareholder believes that maintaining food employee relationship is a short term
cost of company but in long term, it will provide them various benefits and provide them good
return over money invested by them in business. It also helps customers as it provide them good
quality of products in affordable prices. It is also important for employees as it allow them to
maintain work life balance and also satisfy them with their organisation.
CONCLUSION
As per presented information, it is concluded that employment relation make better
environment at a workplace which leads increase in overall performance of the company. It helps
the management to retain their talented employees for long time as well as create better bonding
among all of them. There are rights, duties and obligation for both employees and employers
which they must take and fulfil for better coordination. There are various law which every
company can follow in their organisation to motivate employees to make best efforts for the
success of business.
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