Employee Relations, Stakeholders, and Employment Law at Walmart

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of employee relations within Walmart, examining the value and importance of these relationships, and exploring the fundamentals of employment laws. It delves into the rights, duties, and obligations of both employers and employees, offering advice on maintaining healthy relationships and evaluating psychological contracts. The report also conducts a stakeholder analysis, detailing their contributions to the employment relationship. Furthermore, it assesses the impact of positive and negative employee relations on different stakeholders, providing insights into the overall dynamics of the company. The report also covers the UK employment law and how it applies to Walmart. The report also offers suggestions to improve employee relations within the organization. Finally, the report offers analysis on Walmart's stakeholder analysis.

Work and the
Employment
Relationship

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Value and importance of employee relations.........................................................................3
Explain the fundamentals of employment laws......................................................................4
Suggestion to improve the employee relations.......................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
Different types of rights duties and obligations.....................................................................4
Determine and advice relating to right duties and obligations...............................................5
Evaluation of the psychological contract...............................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
Stockholder holder analysis of the company and explanation of stakeholders contribution for
employment relationship........................................................................................................6
TASK 4 ..........................................................................................................................................8
Positive and negative employee relations on different stakeholders. ....................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
An employee's relation can be crested when employees and the employee of the
organization agreed to perform a work, mangers of the company supervise work of the
employees, and they give proper direction of the task and make them understand the task. They
all mangers and employees are part of the company and it is important for the company to have
good relation among the companies stakeholders. Business cannot be successful if their stack-
holders relation is mot good.
This report will cover the impotence of stack holders relation in the Walmart company
and it will also explain the fundamentals of the employees low. This report will properly explain
rights and duties of the employees and employer and It will also include exploration of the
various mechanisms for maging the relations between employment and this report will also
provide specific example and justified solutions. This report will provide stack-holders analysis
and of Walmart company and anaize that how Stack-holders engagement and contribution can
support positive employment relationship. In the end this report will analyze and cover the
impact of both negative and positive employees relations on the different stack holders. This
report will cover this all.
TASK 1
Value and importance of employee relations
Effective employee relations are playing the vital role in performance of the employee in
the company. There are several issues which the employee could not solve alone and the
employee need to solve these issues. So the employee is taking the help form the senior
employees which are providing the guidance to the employees. Some need to take the decisions
in the effective way, but they are not able to take the decision. So the employees need
motivation. Work is shared among all the employees so the work among the employees is easy.
All the employees are working together than the employees would enjoy the work and then also
the environment of the company would be changed. Employees feel motivated if the employee
of the company would trust the other employees (Wellin 2016). Healthy relation between the
employees of the company is reducing the conflicts among the employee is the company.
Through these the company would change the performance of the employees and the
productivity as well.

Explain the fundamentals of employment laws
Employment laws include the employees laws which are made for protecting the
employees. The Laws consist of the health and safety act 1974 and national minimum wage act
1998. The laws are focusing on the employees health and safety. It states that the company
premise must ensure the safety precautions which are made for the company. The act consist of
the employment rules and regulations which are made for the company and the employees as
well. The guidelines are provided for the employee which are working in the company.
Employees must be provided the minimum salaries, and they must not be cheated. The
discrimination must be avoided in the company and if caught the employee would file the
compliant for the company which would result in the heavy penalty. Job security must be
provided to the employees which are working in the organization. Walmart need to follow the
rules and regulations made by the government of the UK and also it is the global company so
company have to follow the rules as per the country.
Suggestion to improve the employee relations
Walmart would improve the employee relations by the effective communication between
the employees and the employees must also have focus on the company mission and values.
Through these the employees feel motivated, and they try to improve the performance.
Employees must be given rewards and but these employees which are not performing well must
be motivated and the employees of the company would work in the effective manner. These
measures would improve the employee relations in the company (Solinger, Hofmans Bal and
Jansen 2016). Company would also encourage the team work through these the employees would
communicate and the employees relations would improve as well. It would also promote the
healthy work life balance of the employees. Suggestions given by the employees must be
appreciated through these the employees would feel valuable and the employees would motivate
as well. Company must also offer the career development programs for the employees.
TASK 2
Different types of rights duties and obligations
The rights and duties of the employer and employee is equal towards every one in the
company. Employers have the control over the employees, but they should provide the fair
treatment to the employees which are working in the organization. Employee would provide the
motivation and the safety of the employees and the employers is important as well. Employers

must make sure that the safety measures and are present in the company and the company had
provided the guidelines for the safety so it must be followed. Fair remuneration must be provided
by the employer and the employee of the company mus look after the work and give their best
while working in the company (Reilly and Williams 2017). The work given to the employee
must be according to the employee interest and the employee of the company must improve the
performance of the company. Through these the conflicts among the employee of the company
would be reduced and the company had to follow the rights and the duties which are provided in
the equal pay act and employment act of UK.
Determine and advice relating to right duties and obligations
Company would advise the employers and the employees for maintaining the healthy
relations. The rights and the duties of the employees are mentioned in the employment laws.
These laws would also include the guidelines for the employees and the employers as well. The
company mus monitor how the employer and the employees are following the rules and the
guidelines. The rights of the employer sand the duties of the employer must be fulfilled
otherwise heavy penalty would be levied upon the employer for not following the laws.
Employees also need to follow the rules and guidelines which are provided in the act. Rights and
duties are also provided in the act (Karagonlar, Eisenberger and Aselage, 2016). Fair
remunerations would be provided to the employees and employees would also respect the
employers as well. It would improve the performance of the employee and the performance of
the company as well. It would improve the employee relations and the productivity as well.
Evaluation of the psychological contract
Psychological contract is the contact done between the employee and the employers.
General psychological contract include the transactional psychological contracts and the
relational psychological contracts. Transactional psychological contracts is based on the
monetary based transactions and the relational psychological contract is based on the emotional
attachments as well. Psychological contract are playing the important role because the contract
have the effect on the performance of the employees and the productivity. In the relational
psychological contracts the employee would work in the effective manner because it has
maintained the emotional relation with the employees (Noe, Hollenbeck Gerhart. and Wright
2017). The company is maintaining the healthy relation with the employee son the basis of the
contacts. Through the psychological contract the employees are able to speak against the

injustice done with the employees. It is effective method for attracting the skilled and talented
employees as well.
TASK 3
Stockholder holder analysis of the company and explanation of stakeholders contribution for
employment relationship
Walmart's Stakeholder analysis
this analysis influence the proper and strategic direction for the Walmart company.
Stakeholders of the company are the people who have direct or indirect connection with the
company, and they affect the business.
Investors
Investor of the company are interested in the profit of the, and they invest the money on
the company, and they take some share from the profit (Countouris., 2016). If company will
have profit in the bunsess then it will also get benefit from this, and they can earn interest from
their investment. They are also interested to minimize the operation cost of the Walmart because
lower cost always lead to the higher profit and investors can get benefit. Company prioritize their
investors in the company strategies this is one of the reason why v Walmart continues to
minimize costs, such as through the minimization of wages. Theory suggests that the primary
objective of business is to generate profits. Otherwise, there would be no business at all. Thus, in
prioritizing investors as the primary stakeholders, Walmart simply fulfills this theoretical
primary objective of its business.
Customers
Customers of the company are also part of the stakeholders group (Noe and et.al., 2017),
in the case of Walmart company customers are interested in the quality products in a low prices
range. Company is maintaining the prices of their product, and they are providing quality product
in affordable price. This is creating a interest among the customers and company is also making
new customers in the market, and they are gaining competitive advantages. It is impotent for the
comp0any to satisfy their customers and create interest in the customer, so they are using low
price skims and providing quality product in low prices.
Employees
Employees of the company are important part to run their business properly and smoothly
without skillful labors company cannot be successful in their business and in the case of Walmart

company are significant in the company's managerial Decision-making employees of the
company have interest on the high wages and their job security (Rubery and Grimshaw., 2016).
Walmart company is providing job security polices to their employees, and they are also gaining
promotion to the employees who are gaining their best toward the company. Management of the
Walmart company organization training programs and communication practices so employees
can make better relationship with each other and develop their skills, so they can take higher
position in the future.
Supplier
Suppliers of the company are more interested of their product sold at Walmart stores in
more profitable ways . This insert not just add selling of the suppliers goods, but they are also
selling the ggos in profitable process (Njoya., 2016). As a business supplier of the Stakeholders
of the Walmart company to selling their product in higher prices. Even in small increment in the
profit can provide benefits to the (supplier) of the company.
Suppliers are at the bottom of Walmart’s prioritization of stakeholders. Suppliers provide
the goods that the company needs at its stores. However, as the biggest retailer in the world,
Walmart has the business leverage to influence suppliers. The company has more power than its
suppliers. Thus, suppliers generally do not get what they want. For example, Walmart requires
suppliers to offer their products at very low prices. Understandably, most suppliers comply.
Otherwise, Walmart would not sell their products.
Contribution of the Stockholders for the Positive employment relationships
Every stakeholder of the Walmart company is important because they all help company
to make their business effective and successful (Karagonlar, Eisenberger and Aselage., 2016). It
is important for the Walmart to create interest in the all stakeholders. Investor helps company to
fulfill the financial needs of the company to run the operation in the company. Supplier provides
a resources and goods for the company, employees of the company helps business to achieve
objectives and goals of the business and customers buy company products and exchange money
for the product this all is important part and company should make better relation with them, and
they should fulfill needs of every stockholder.

TASK 4
Positive and negative employee relations on different stakeholders.
For a company stakeholders can be their customers, employees marketers or shareholders
of their business and proper analysis of those stakeholders is required to develop a business.
Walmart needs to know the effects of their employees on their customers and all other
stakeholders.
Positive
Improve job performance
Positive employee relations of Walmart helps them to develop their business and satisfy
wants and desires of their customers(Lee and Kim, 2016.). Positive relations helps to motivate
employees and develop their performance in an organization. If employee performance are
developed then they helps business to achieve their goals and develop their objectives at a large
scale. All other stakeholders are satisfied like customers, good performance of employees
provide quality services to customers, to shareholders if employees perform well then prices of
shares also rises.
Improves job satisfaction
Positive environment in an organization satisfy their employees and increases their
performance. If employees perform well then they get fair pay, appraisal on their efforts which
makes them satisfied from their job. Employee satisfaction helps owners and directors of
business to increase their profit and development of their business.
Negative
Can create workplace conflict
If employees are not satisfied with company it reduces performance of their job and de
motivates employees. Conflicts between employees are also rising which effects overall growth
of the organization. If conflicts are arises at workplace then it effects the profit of shareholders
and reduces quality of business and make customers unsatisfied from their products and services.
Employees focus solely on incentives
Employees focus only on incentives and when they reach that goal it reduces their
performance and effects growth of a business in a long run.

Positive and negative impact of employees to resolve conflict
If employees in Walmart are satisfied with their job and works for development of their
organization. If they are motivated towards achievement of goals then it reduces conflicts
between employees. Managers and leaders of Walmart try to motivate their employees in both
positive as well as negative way to develop performance of their employees. They can develop
an effective team in which employees reduces wastage and tries to achieve goals of business then
managers of walmart need to give rewards and increase in pay employees to develop positive
relation. Managers needs to punish and demote employees in a negative way to improve their
performance.
Stakeholders perspective on positive employee relationship.
Positive employee relationship helps business to achieve their goals and objectives.
Bring innovation
Building positive relation between employees helps organizations to achieve their goals
and objectives(Jiang, Zhao and Ni, 2017. ). If employees are working in a team and share feeling
and thoughts with each other it helps to bring innovation in overall success of an organization.
Motivation
Positive relation motivates employees towards working of an organization and helps
them to establish business at a large scale
Effective results
Positive relation between employees helps Walmart to achieve their goals and objectives
and helps them to get positive results on overall development of business. Positive results helps
them to increase their profitability.
CONCLUSION
As per the above report has been analyzed and provide impotence of employees
relationship in the Walmart company and report has been explained fundamentals of the
employees low. This report has been explained rights and duty of employer and employees. It
has been provided stack-holders analysis and of Walmart company and analyzed that how Stack-
holders engagement and contribution can support positive employment relationship. In the end
this report has been analyzed and cover the impact of both negative and positive employees
relations on the different stack holders. This report has been cover this all.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Countouris, N., 2016. The changing law of the employment relationship: comparative analyses
in the European context. Routledge.
Drahokoupil, J. and Fabo, B., 2016. The platform economy and the disruption of the employment
relationship. ETUI Research Paper-Policy Brief.5.
Habib, S., 2017. Maid in Bangladesh: Employment Relationship, Working Conditions, and
Work-Life Relations of Part-Time Domestic Workers in Bangladesh.
Jiang, W., Zhao, X. and Ni, J., 2017. The impact of transformational leadership on employee
sustainable performance: The mediating role of organizational citizenship behavior.
Sustainability. 9(9). p.1567.
Karagonlar, G., Eisenberger, R. and Aselage, J., 2016. Reciprocation wary employees discount
psychological contract fulfillment. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 37(1). pp.23-40.
Lee, J. and Kim, H., 2016. Do employee relation responsibility and culture matter for firm
value? International evidence. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 40. pp.191-209.
Njoya, W., 2016. Property in work: The employment relationship in the Anglo-American firm.
Routledge.
Noe, R. A. and et.al., 2017. Human resource management: Gaining a competitive advantage.
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.
Reilly, P. and Williams, T., 2017. How to get best value from HR: The shared services option.
Routledge.
Rubery, J. and Grimshaw, D., 2016. Precarious work and the commodification of the
employment relationship: the case of zero hours in the UK and mini jobs in Germany.
In Den Arbeitsmarkt verstehen, um ihn zu gestalten (pp. 239-254). Springer VS,
Wiesbaden.
Solinger, O. N. and et.al., 2016. Bouncing back from psychological contract breach: How
commitment recovers over time. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 37(4). pp.494-
514.
Wellin, M., 2016. Managing the psychological contract: Using the personal deal to increase
business performance. Routledge.