Employee Relations: Analyzing EU Influence on UK Industrial Democracy

This report examines the influence of the European Union on industrial democracy within the United Kingdom, specifically focusing on employee relations. It highlights key aspects such as European legislation and partner-based relationships, emphasizing the importance of employee involvement in decision-making processes through methods like effective communication, democratic leadership, and group meetings. The report also addresses the significant impact of human resource management (HRM) practices on employee relations, including training and development, policy creation based on worker needs, reward systems, and the provision of a healthy working environment. The conclusion references academic sources to support the analysis of financialization, investment funds, labor relations, liberalization, and the German political economy.

TASK 4
EMPLOYEE RELATION

Influences the EU on the industrial democracy in the UK
Industrial democracy as a term wherein workers involve in the
decision making process of the organization and they share the roles
and responsibility for achieving the desire goals. There are some
key points influences of the EU on industrial democracy in the UK
that are explained below:
 European legislation
 Partner based relationship

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Involvement of the employees- Manager takes the decision with
the help of the employees which helps to incensing the motivation
level towards the work. As per this, it positively impacts on the
employees performance which helps to improves the quality and
highly contributing the success of the firm.
Work council- The main objective of the work council improves
the future prospects of the organization.

Methods of the participating the employees in decision
making process
There are various methods and techniques of the involving the
employees in the decision making process of the organisation which
is used by the manager that are given below:
 Effective communication

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Democratic leadership style- It is the best source for involving
the human resource in decision making process of the firm.

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Group meeting- It is the another source of participating the
employees in the decision making process of the firm.

Impact human resource management approach has on the
employee relation
Human resource management is the crucial part of the business
under which without management manager not able to fulfils the
demand at the work place. The great impact human resource
management approach has on the employee relation that are
explained below:
 Training and development

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HRM practices- The positively
impacts of human resource
management on the employee
relation under which company
requires to creates the policy as
per the workers needs.

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Reward system- Management of the organization provides the
rewards to their existing employees which includes the promotional
opportunity, incentives and bones as per their performance.

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Working environment- It involves in the human resource
management under which company takes the responsibility for
providing the healthy working environment at the work place.

References
Stockhammer, E., 2015. Financialization, New Investment Funds
and Labour: An International Comparison, edited by Howard
Gospel, Andrew Pendleton and Sigurt Vitols. Oxford University
Press, Oxford, 2014, 416pp., ISBN: 978‐0‐19‐965358‐4,£ 55.00,
hardback. British Journal of Industrial Relations. 53(3). pp.635-
637.
Hassel, A., 2014. The paradox of liberalization—Understanding
dualism and the recovery of the German political economy.
British Journal of Industrial Relations. 52(1). pp.57-81.

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