Employee Relations and HRM Report: M&S, Legislation, and Impact

This report delves into the critical aspects of Human Resource Management (HRM) and employee relations, focusing on the context of Marks and Spencer (M&S). It emphasizes the significance of positive employer-employee relationships, highlighting how effective communication and employee recognition can boost morale, productivity, and loyalty. The report analyzes the impact of key employment legislations, including the Health and Safety Act 2010, the Equality Act 2010, the Data Protection Act 1998, and the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, outlining their pros and cons for organizations. The analysis underscores the importance of these legislations in safeguarding employee well-being, ensuring fair treatment, and maintaining a productive work environment. The report underscores the importance of HR departments in fostering these relationships, thereby contributing to the overall success of the organization.

Human Resource Management
1. Employee Relations
Employee relation is an important part of the every organization.
Success of organization which is depends on good and effective relation
between the employer and employee of Marks and Spencer. Effective
relation give a positive impact on the decision-making. For making
effective and positive relations with their employee. Management of
Marks and Spencer provide effective awards to their employee. This
will help to making effective relations with employee. Hr department
play an important role to manage the relationship between employer and
employee. Positive relation is strength of the company. This help to
eradicate the problems between them.
3. Identify and list various employment legislations that are key for an organisation's.
M&S has to adopt all major three areas of legislation in order to protract the overall environment of the organisation. Employment legislation implement to absence from work, sickness and holidays. There are many employment legislations which are utilised
within the M&S. Such as
 Health and Safety Act, 2010:
Pros: Help to ensure the well-being of people in the workplace.
Cons: Spending more time for applying in the process.
 Equality Act, 2010:
Pros:Treatment equally to every employee in the workplace.
Cons: There is not area of personal behaviour in the firm.
 Data Protection Act, 1998:
Pros: It provides guidance and best practices rules for companies.
Cons:The cost of compliances is certainly one which has promoted company to consider their data protection duties.
 National Minimum Wages Act , 1998:
Pros: This act helps to decrease the tax burden.
Cons: It can disrupt the economic system.
2. Importance of employee relation in decision making.
Improve productivity
Strong employee relation creates effective atmosphere at
workplace. It helps to increase the employee's motivation and boost their
morale towards achieve work goal of Marks and Spencer. For example:
when employer of organisation creates friendly environment in team then
employees are able to share any problems with employer without any
hesitation. This will help improve productivity of company and make
positive relation with employees.
Increase employee loyalty
Positive relationship of employees are important for Marks and
Spencer. For example: when management of Marks and Spencer treat
their employee equal according to their performance. By this employee
feel they are part of the organization and give their hard contribution to
achieve goals of company. By this fair and equal treatment employee are
more loyal for the company and important make effective relation.
Increased morale
Feel secure and confident within the organisation. For example: employer give rewards to their employees like compensation, benefits, appreciation front of
whole staff member. This will help boost employee’s morale towards improve productivity and create positive relation with employees. Employer and employee are
two pillars of the organisation. Good and healthy relationship between both is effective for growth of company.
4. Explaining the impact of HRM decision making Discussing the pros and cons of each legislations.
Health and safety, 2010 is the act in which company needs to ensure that securing the health and safety, welfare of employees
in the M&S. Therefore, company needs to follow this act for well-being and welfare of workers, so that they are making
decisions relating to employees health and safety within the organization (Bratton and Gold, 2017).
process.