Employee Relations, Stakeholder Impact, and Employment Law at Unilever

This report provides an analysis of employee relations at Unilever, emphasizing its value and importance in creating a positive working environment. It explains the fundamentals of employment law, outlining the rights, duties, and obligations of both employers and employees within the workplace. The report also examines the stakeholders involved and their impact on employee relationships, discussing the effects of both positive and negative relations on these stakeholders. Recommendations for Unilever are provided to enhance employee relations, including open communication, gratitude, regular feedback, and investment in employees. The analysis includes stakeholder identification, prioritization, and understanding key stakeholders' opinions and interests related to the organization's projects. This document is available on Desklib, a platform offering a wide range of study tools and solved assignments for students.

INDIVIDUAL REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
explanation of the value and importance of employee relations in application as well as
explanation of the fundamentals of employment law-.................................................................3
The different types of rights, duties and obligations an employer and employee have within the
workplace-....................................................................................................................................5
Analysis of the stakeholders and impact of the stakeholders' engagement to the employee
relationship-.................................................................................................................................7
The impact of both positive and negative employee relations on different stakeholders-...........8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Employee relationship can be defined as the efforts of the organization in creating and
maintaining the effective and positive relationship work between the employees of the company
(Fahed-Sreih, 2020). This helps the organization to keep their employees loyal and more
engaged in their job role as this is done by maintaining the positive and constructive relations
with the employee. Unilever company is the global consumer goods and the PLC Britain
company which is headquartered at the London also offering the beauty and personal products,
food and refreshments and the home products. This report will discuss the value and the
importance of the employee relations in the company as well as the list of the duties, rights and
laws of the employees in the organization. It will also discuss the How the stakeholders supports
the employee relationship as well as the negative and positive impact of the relationship on the
stakeholders.
MAIN BODY
explanation of the value and importance of employee relations in application as well as
explanation of the fundamentals of employment law-
Employee relationship is very important for the company because it helps in creating the better
working environment and the employees feel loyal and engaged in the workplace. This refers to
as the efforts made by the organizations to create and maintain the positive and effective
relationship between the employees (Caldwell and Peters, 2018). The employees are loyal and
engaged in their work and feel much better in working in the organization. The companies can
use many ways such as on boarding support for the employees, analysing the performance of the
employees, resolving the ongoing conflicts and many more.
The organization can maintain the effective employee relations in the organization by
communicating the vision and mission of the company, promoting the work and personal life
balance, offering them in improving their professional development opportunities.
Importance of the Employee relations at the workplace-
Heightens the Employee loyalty- The culture of the company highly impacts the employees as
if they don't feel good then they leave the job. The positive and constructive employee relations
in the organization helps the company to retain the employee and it boosts the loyalty among the

employees. Unilever has effective relations which helps in better maintaining the employee
loyalty among the employees of the organization.
Motivation Increases- Healthy and effective workplace helps the employees of the organization
to motivate them to work hard and give their best for the company. Maintaining good and
effective relationship in the organization is not just limited to the good communication but also it
involves recognition the employees efforts for the company. As by his the employees may feel
praised and it directly motivates the employees in contributing effectively. Unilever company's
employees works better because they have good relations in the company with other employees.
Less chances conflicts- The workplace conflicts are the major which impacts the reasons for the
unsuccessful companies. These conflicts arise because of the differences happens between the
employees. These differences help in arising the conflicts between the employees. Having
positive relationship between the employees helps in the fewer conflicts between the employees.
Unilever company has better relationship in the company and this helps them in eliminating the
conflicts between the employees.
Improves the trust and confidence- Effective employee relations helps the workplace to create
the trust and confidence among the employees. This helps the companies to retain the talented
employees in the company. Unilever company has better relations with the employees which
helps them to lead in the market successfully.
Employee satisfaction- The company which has positive and effective employee relations
within the organization then the employees of these companies stay satisfied and never leaves the
company. The employee satisfaction is very important for the company as it helps in increasing
the productivity level (Ugoani, 2020). Unilever company going through the effective
relationship then they will able to maintain better relationship with the employees of the
company.
Employment law is the law which governs the employer and employee relationship. If the
business has more than one employee then the business have to use the employment laws as per
the rules and regulations. The fundamentals of employment laws is the considerer as the subject
matter of the layout law and is consists of the nine heads such as employment, individual
employment relationships, wages and remuneration, health and safety, social security and many
more.

The different types of rights, duties and obligations an employer and employee have within the
workplace-
Both employees and employers has the rights and responsibilities in the organization. The
responsibilities are maintained and followed by both of the employees and the employers. It is
very mandatory to know about the rights and responsibilities of the employees and the employers
in the workplace. The rights of the employees and employers must be ensured by the company as
this will help them to feel satisfied ans work efficiently. Unilever has to ensure the rights and
responsibilities of each employee and employer of the company to be maintained by them. Some
rights and responsibilities are-
Safe Environment- The major duty and responsibility of the employer is to provide the safe
environment to the employees. The employees must be sure that they work in a safe place.
Proving safe environment to the employees as well as to the visitors helps them to create good
reputation of the overall company. Unilever must provide clear responsibilities to the people so
that they can work accordingly.
Arrangements- The employees are responsible for providing the safe arrangements by avoiding
the use of harmful substances and things, dangerous products as wells s the chemicals. These are
rules and regulations for using and storing these substances at the workplace. The employees and
employers of Unilever company has the right and responsibilities of arrangements.
Necessities- The employers must be ensured about the employees that they must have all the
basic requirements and the facilities such as tidy eating, clean toilets, clean workplace and many
more (Laundon, Cathcart and McDonald, 2019). The employers of the Unilever company
should take care of this but should also focus more in paying attention towards the necessities of
the employees.
Equality at the workplace- The right of the employee is to maintain the equality and free
discrimination and no abuse at the work place. The employee has the right of equality in the
organization. The employees of the Unilever does not face this issue as the employees are
maintained properly according to their rights.
It is very necessary for the managers to consider the factors which hinders the employee
relationship and these when solved then they help the company to maintain the effective, positive
as well as the constructive relations within the employees (Rao and Sharma , 2018). The
managers must consider these while manage the effective employment which are-

Working Environment- It is the factor which must be considered by the company to manage
the effective employee relationship. Because if there will be proper working environment then
the employees of the company will work better with the other employees (SAN MATEO,
2021). Unilever company is not maintaining the proper working environment which has the
direct impact on the employees.
Job responsibilities- The company must provide the clarity of the responsibilities to the
employees as it may create conflicts as well a confusion between the employers and the
employees. This creates the negative environment in the organization. Unilever company does
not have much clarity of the responsibilities of the job role of the employees.
Organizational culture- This is the most important aspect which impacts the employee relations
of the organization. The mangers must ensure that the culture of the organization is well
managed so that the employee relations will be better within the company. The Unilever
company's should focus on the culture of the organization because if the culture is not good then
the company may impacted by this which will create negative environment (Jahn and et.al.
2019).
Discrimination- When there discrimination in the organization with the employees, this hinders
the organization to succeed as well as the positive relations of the employees. The managers of
the Unilever company should focus on the equality of the employees because this will create
many problems in the organization and creates the negative environment which impacts the
performance of the employees as well.
Recommendations for the Unilever company which will help hem in maintaining the effective
employee relations-
Open communication- Communication is the best way to maintain the healthy relationship in
the organization. When the open communication happens in the organization, there creates a
positive relationship in the organization. Unilever's can use this way in maintaining the effective
way of employment relationship.
Showing Gratitude- The employees must be trained of greeting he others employees like good
morning, thank you sorry and many more. Showing these gestures helps in creating the positive
environment in the company (Mahmood and et.al.). Unilever company has the employees
which are very skilled and talented which means the employees must be using these gestures
with the other employees.

Regular Feedback- Giving the employees the proper feedback will help them to improve in
their areas wherever required. Making the students understand about this will help them in
professional development. Unilever using this will help them in providing regular feedbacks to
the employees.
Invest In employees- Providing the employees training helps them to feel that they are valued to
the company. This helps the company to satisfy the customers, and they feel motivated by this.
Unilever is the company which is invests in the employees by providing them the better and
effective training which helps them in satisfying and creates loyalty among the employees.
Analysis of the stakeholders and impact of the stakeholders' engagement to the employee
relationship-
Stakeholder analysis is the first step involved in the stakeholder management and it is considered
as the most important process used by the successful people for wining the support from the
people (Lemon and Palenchar, 2018). This provides many benefits to the Unilever company as
this helps in providing the shape of the projects, building and creating the understanding and
staying ahead in the organization.
There are three steps involved in the stakeholder analysis which will help the Unilever company
to do the effective stakeholder analysis are such as-
Identifying the stakeholders- The first step involves in this process is the identification of the
stakeholders of the company. This involves thinking about the people who are much affected by
the work of the organization, who has the power on this, and has impact on the successful and
unsuccessful of the company. The stakeholders such as the HR and the senior leaders of the
organization are the major key stakeholders which has impact on the employee relations and
their engagement. Unilever must use this stage effectively as this will help them to know their
stakeholders of the company.
Prioritizing the stakeholders- The stakeholders which has been identified in the above step will
be use in this as the list will be made of the stakeholders. The organization then divide the
stakeholders on the basis of the power and interest grid. The Unilever company must divide the
stakeholders that is giving the priority to the highest interests and has more power in the
company.
Understanding the key stakeholders- The companies must evaluate that what are the opinions
of the key stakeholders about the projects of the organization. This will include the financial and

emotional interest of they have on the results, the information they want from the company and
many more. The Unilever company must ensure about these while understanding the key
stakeholders of the company.
Stakeholders engagement helps the organizations to take effective decisions, and they consider
the needs of the stakeholders of the company (Boaz and et.al. 2018). The engagement of the
stakeholders also provides many benefits to the companies as hey can take the decisions which
are necessary for the company and engaging them in the decisions will help the company to
avoid the conflicts afterwards. Effective stakeholders' engagement helps the company in the
fostering the connections, trust and taking correct initiatives. The employee relations can be
supported by this as it helps in improving the trust and confidence which creates the positive
environment in the company and it directly impacts the employee relationship in the Unilever
company.
The impact of both positive and negative employee relations on different stakeholders-
The Employee relations has the power that they can break as well as make the organization. The
positive impact of the employee relations is that it helps the Unilever company in growth and
development because it provides the various effective ideas of both the parties and having good
relation of the employees will help the organization in better results which will have positive
impact on stakeholders (Figueiredo Filho and et.al. 2021).
The employee relations are very important for the company as it helps in creating better working
environment as well as the better communication within the employees (Chen and et.al. 2020).
The negative impact can be that it the company will not be able top grow and this Will crate the
negative impact on the stakeholders as the company will not be able to achieve the goals and
objectives.
The good relation of the employees has many advantages for the company as well as to the
stakeholders because employees are the key asset of the company. Having effective and good
relations between the employee will help in conflict avoidance because the investigation and
resolving the employee complaints internally will help the company in reducing on avoiding
conflicts in the Unilever company. As per the customer stakeholder perception it can be said that
having a positive employment relationship will help them in providing better and fast counter
services. Thus for the work place it is most important to maintain the positive work place
environment in order to improve the customer experiences. Also with positive work place

environment Unilever company can easily develop good relationship with their shareholders
which can be a long term benefit to their business, they are also able to accomplish the goals and
revenues and to complete task in specified time frame.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it is concluded that employee relationship plays an significant role
with this businesses are able to lay out any task in efficient manner and also capable of
increasing their market share. Above report have illustrated the values and importance of the
employee relation also discuss the fundamentals for the employment laws. It also covers the
suggestions for the organisation to improve and better respond to the employee relation. Moving
on further report have summarised the different types of rights and duties which the both
employer and employee must required to follow at work place., it covers the determination of
appropriate advice regarding rights and obligations. It further illustrated the stakeholder analysis
for the organisation and to analyse the stakeholder engagement and their contributions towards
cooperating with employment relationship with the firm. Report lastly concluded with the
analysis of both positive and negative employee relations on different stakeholders and also
discussed the evaluation of the positive and negative employee relationship which can affect the
conflicts avoidance and resolution.

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