Unit 22 Employee Relations Report: BTEC HND Business Module Analysis

This report examines employee relations, emphasizing the European Union's significant influence on workplace dynamics. It explores industrial democracy, highlighting worker involvement in decision-making and the role of work councils. The report details methods for promoting employee participation, such as suggestion schemes, consultation, and delegation of responsibilities. It also focuses on the crucial role of Human Resource (HR) managers in fostering healthy employee relations, including arranging comfortable work environments and encouraging extracurricular activities. The report concludes by underscoring the importance of HR in facilitating open communication and resolving employee issues, supported by references to relevant literature.

Employee Relations

INTRODUCTION
Employee relations are the major factors that can
create a impact on the business and its activities.
European Union has played a vital role in managing
all the issues related with the employees at work
place. Along with this there is a great role of
collective bargaining and negotiation in managing
the relations with staff members.

Influence of EU on Industrial
Democracy
 Industrial democracy is the agreement in which the workers,
their decisions and responsibilities are involved.
 In some European countries the industrial democracy has
taken place as it explains the relationship between the
manger and the employees.

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 Now the workers are taking part in decision making
process. As it has encouraged the employees to take part in
the managerial decisions.
 EU has also mentioned the role of work council, and has
described that their role is to discuss the long term
objectives of the businesses.

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 EU has given the option to the employees to take part in the
stock option schemes also.
 By this the share holdings can be encouraged.

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 EU has also worked on the wage dumping, in it the labours
are paid less rates than their actual and standard rates.
 Thus the role of EU is very important in making the
employees more valuable and prime part of the business.

Methods of Promoting employees in taking part
in decision Making
 Participation of the employees in decision making has
created their new values in the corporation.
 But there is the conflict on the matter that at what level
the workers are able to give their advises.

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In below mentioned way some measures have been discussed
which can be used to by the companies in encouraging the
employees in decision making:
 Suggestion Schemes

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 Consultation
 Delegation of Responsibilities

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 Multi Channel Decision Making Process

Role of HR managers in making
the employee Relations
 The role of Human Resource management in making the
healthy relations is very vital.
 As it is the duty of the HR to manage all the activities at
every level of the company.

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 Along with this the HR can arrange the sitting
arrangements in the lunch time in the manner that they
can have their lunch in the most effective manner and can
feel more comfortable.
 If the workers are treated in the efficient manner they will
feel motivated, and can provide the services in more
effective way.