BMP6005 - Work and Employment Relationship: Employee Relations Report

This report delves into the critical role of work and employment relationships in organizational success, using Morrison's as a case study. It examines the value and significance of employee relations, emphasizing their impact on worker performance and morale. The report outlines key aspects of employment law, including employee and employer rights, obligations, and duties within the workplace. A stakeholder analysis is performed for Morrison's, assessing the positive and negative impacts of employee relations on various stakeholders such as customers, suppliers, and the government. The study further explores mechanisms for effective management of employment relationships, including communication and collaborative work culture. In conclusion, the report provides recommendations for improving workplace relations and fostering a positive and productive environment. It highlights the importance of adhering to employment legislation and creating a supportive atmosphere for all stakeholders. The report emphasizes that employee relations are key to success, and therefore the selected supermarket must select the best method to manage employment relation.

WORK AND THE
EMPLOYMENT
RELATIONSHIP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
1- Value and importance of employee relation in application to organization...........................3
2- Various rights, obligation and duties which employee and employer has in workplace........4
3- Stakeholder analysis for Morrison’s.......................................................................................6
4- Positive and negative impact of employee relations on stakeholders.....................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Work and employment relationship play vital role in success and growth of companies,
operated in any sector. Effective work relation always enhances performance level of workers
and boosts their morale as well. The current study will be based on Morrison’s, which falls under
category of known supermarkets who managed their ventures within retail industry in the United
Kingdom. This assignment will explain significant and value of workers relationship in
application to chosen company and employment law fundamentals. It will define appropriate
recommendations in context of improving effective relation of applicants at workplace.
Furthermore, this report will describe varied forms of rights, obligations and duties an employee
& employer has within firm. It will justify suggestion related to roles and other above elements
and will also clarify stakeholder analysis in regard to Morrison’s. Moreover, this study will
explain stakeholder contribution and engagement impact on employment relations. It will
provide analysis based on negative and positive employee relationship on different shareholders.
MAIN BODY
1- Value and importance of employee relation in application to organization
Managing the employee relation within the company is the most important thing for the
success of the company. The major reason for this is that the whole organization work with the
assistance of the employees only (Mohanty, 2018). Thus, it is very essential for the companies to
maintain and manage good employee relation so that working is good and effective. When the
employees have coordinated relation with one another than this will build more trust and
communication between them and this will result in better working and attainment of objectives
of business. Healthy relation among the employees leads to better working environment and
better implementation of strategies of top management. Many researchers have shown that when
the employees have mutually good and respectful relation with one another than this always
result in better working and effective team work.
For instance, in Morrison if the employees have good relation among them then this will
always result in better working and proper following of all mission and vision of company.
Further when the company is having effective and good relation among the employees then all
the working within the company will be in proper coordination and they will be able to manage
the work in better manner. Thus, this will result in timely completion of the task of employees.

Further, in addition to this when the employees of Morrison have good relation among them then
this will result in creation of better working environment as well. The major reason underlying
this fact is that when the employees have good and effective relation then this will be assistive in
creating good working environment.
In contrary to this if the employees of Morrison are not having proper and effective
relation among the employees then this will not be good for working of company. The major
reason underlying this fact is that when the employees are not comfortable with one another then
they will not be in good condition to work with one another. Hence, this might result in delay in
work and also non accomplishment of the aim and objectives of the business.
Hence, for managing effective relation between the employees the company also makes
the use of employment law (Wren, 2020). The employment law regulates the relation among the
employee and the employer as well as other employees. This law provides for some of the
guidelines which both the employees and the employer have to follow in order to create good
relation among both of them. Under the employment law there is much legislation which have to
be followed by the companies in order to create good relation among the employees and
employer as well. The major legislation followed for this is the Employment relation act 1999.
Under this law there are many different rights which are established in for management of
relation among different stakeholders of the company and the employees as well.
In the end it is suggested to Morrison that they must comply with all the legislation and
laws relation of employment act and employee’s relation act. This is essential so that the
company is in position of dealing every situation in which there are issues among the employees
and the employer.
2- Various rights, obligation and duties which employee and employer has in workplace
With the compliance of the rules and regulations there are also many different types of
rights and duties of both employees and employer within the company to have. All these rights
and duties are to be fulfilled by both employee and employers.
Duties and rights of employers-
The major duty of the employer is to provide a safe and healthy working environment
(Employer’s health and safety responsibility, 2020). As per the laws this is the most essential
duty of the employer as if they will not be providing better working environment then employees

will not be comfortable. Hence, for working in better and effective manner the most important
thing is the providing of healthy and safe working environment.
Another major duty and obligation of the employer towards the employees is to pay to
the employees in accordance with the minimum wages act. This is necessary as if the employees
will not be paid the amount which they deserve then this will demotivate the employees and will
not perform in effective manner.
Another major duty of the employer is to have proper risk management plan. This is
essential for the employer as anytime anything can happen so the employer must be ready with
the entire requirement. Even the employees can face any type of hazard like electric shock,
radiation and others. So employer must have all the necessary resources and first aid kit ready
always ad the future is contingent.
Another major duty of employer is to provide discrimination free environment to the
employees and must provide equal opportunities to the employees irrespective of their age,
gender, position and other factors.
Rights and duties of employees towards the company-
The right of the employee is to be paid at least the minimum wages which the employee
is bound to receive as per the law. This is the right which employee have within the company
and the payment to the employee is being done with assistance of minimum wages act only.
Another major right of the employee is to get a discrimination free working environment
as this is not legal for the employers to do discrimination among the employees.
The duty of the employee includes the providing of good and effective services to the
company for which the employee is being recruited (Employees rights, 2020).
Another major duty of the employee is to avoid double employment that is working at
two or more place at the same time. This is the major duty of the employee as this is against the
law and the employees are not allowed to perform dual employment.
Other than all these rights and duties of employee and employer there comes a
psychological contract that includes a set of promises and expectation which both the parties
have to fulfil. These are not mentioned in laws but are moral values and psychological facts
which are to be followed by both employer and employee.
Mechanisms for effective management of employment relationship-

Ranges of approaches are accessible in world of business that can be used for Morrison’s
in regard to manage effective employment relationship at workplace. Management can decide
and plan to conduct small get to gather, where everyone have chance to meet existing and new
applicants without any restriction. It can effectively help managing employee relation in work
area and also enhance performance level. Furthermore, chosen supermarket must select the best
method to manage employment relation.
Organization should encourage each worker to communicate with each other, which is
quite beneficial for business growth and great success. It can be suggested that Morrison’s must
listen what people says about other team members and share ideas. Company must develop
creative and collaborative work culture that build honest and trusty worth team, who can perform
even better and excellently that increase sales and productivity more than competitors.
3- Stakeholder analysis for Morrison’s
This term usually refer to different techniques that use to determine and comprehend
expectations as well as needs of major interests outside & inside. It is one of the best strategic
management tools that help to identify and analyse stakeholder demands (Wojewnik-
Filipkowska and et.al., 2019).
Keep satisfied- (High power and interest)
Stakeholders are able to put negative and positive impact on sales and success of
business. Here, government can be considered as one of the most important stakeholders who
influence current strategies of venture and strategic management plan (Grimmer, 2018).
Morrison’s must consider the needs, rules and policies developed by national or local authority,
because it helps to sustain organizational operations and functions within market place for longer
period of time. Firm must satisfy this stakeholder as they have strong power to destroy any firm
and support in their progress.
Manage closely- (High power and low interest)
Customers are key factors of excellent progress and success of Morrison’s or any other
brands, operated in retain industry. They have high power in context of decrease sales by forcing
company to change their pricing tactic which is quite beneficial for people in term of saving his
or her money, but not profitable in regard to business as it decrease it sales even better. They are
not interested to purchase goods from one brand and for this reason firm manage them more
closely.

Figure 1Stakeholder Analysis
(Source: What is Stakeholder Analysis, 2020)
Monitor- (Low power and high interest) suppliers
Suppliers are groups of people who cater services and products to Morrison’s in effective
manner. They have low power because accessibility of suppliers gives supermarket chance to
make relations with other suppliers, who are comfortable and happy to work with company.
Moreover, these stakeholders are highly interested to perform in form of collaboration with
supermarket for long period of time that is quite beneficial for both firm and suppliers in term of
delivery quality products to target consumers in effective manner.
Keep informed- (Low interest and power)
All stakeholders have power and interest at different levels, for example workers have
low power in context of decision making relate to strategic management plan and strategy
development. While working in supermarket or any other company, applicants have less power

as they only follow principles and orders provided by senior or leader. Furthermore, employees
are also not interested to work in similar firm as they can switch to another employment
opportunity where salary, work environment and management is even better than last one.
Stakeholder engagement & contribution create positive employment relations-
This term is referring to procedure by which Morrison’s includes their workers who can
be affected by judgements it makes or can impact making of decisions. It can be said that
contribution and engagement of stakeholders effectively developed positive and effective
employment relationship in workplace which in return increase productivity and profitability
level of chosen brand (Jackson, Doellgast and Baccaro, 2018). When workers collaborate and
communicate with other group members it can enhance performance and make relation of
applicants even better. Not only staff, when manager contribute in daily work activities they can
create positive relationship between top authority and candidates as well. This stakeholder
always contributes in every action in workplace and takes part in decision making in context of
workers growth. Moreover, when suppliers engage in supply chain activities and contribute in
supplying products to consumers, it can increase sales level of supermarket and also help brand
reach at global position.
4- Positive and negative impact of employee relations on stakeholders
Positive impact-
Employee relationship refers to supermarket attempts and hard work to develop and
maintain positive connections with their workers. Its positive impact boosts morale of applicants
who are main stakeholder of Morrison’s. Effective relations of workers increase productivity and
performance of people in workplace. Furthermore, this term impact manager decision and
practices as well, because when applicants work together it drive management to take judgment
in context of encouraging their working abilities in positive manner. Manager by considering this
relation attempt to develop plan that enhance morale of staff even better, which is quite
beneficial in term of every aspects.
Negative impact-
Morrison’s work with diverse employees as they hire skilled and talented applicants who
can work with firm for longer period of time and effectively contribute in gaining competitive
edge (van der Meer and et.al., 2017). Ineffective relations of employee in workplace impact
decision making procedure of manager as it give them experience to feel negativity in company.

Negative employee relationship put influence on top authority negatively. It gives workers
chance to switch to another job role which decreases the sales of company and productivity level
in negative manner. It maximize high employee turnover and reduce change to gain competitive
advantages.
Impact of employee relations affects conflict resolution and avoidance-
Employee relationship play vital role in company, it assure firm to develop plan that
relate to enter into new market place. Positive and negative impact of employment relation can
affect conflict resolution & avoidance (Yang and Li, 2017). For example, negative employee
relation in workplace can negatively influence conflict avoidance because it drive mind and
thinking of manager towards this concept. They only think to improve employee relationship
which is quite essential for supermarket in term of creating productive teams or groups.
Moreover, positive employee relationship in company can affect conflict resolution because it
moves management and workers to solve problems on time that is important to do. In this
environment collaborative practice is common those boost and encourage people to find out
effective options that solve conflict because it impact performance that most of workers could
not like.
Different stakeholder interests and perspectives to support positive employment relations-
From above stakeholder analysis, it has been determined that workers, suppliers,
managers and consumers have different perspectives and interest in regard to wide business
environment to help creating positive employment relation in workplace. For instance, manager
has perspective in regard to above term as they think that people should work together and adopt
collaborative practices that are beneficial for both workers and organization as well. They always
take part to create inclusive work environment and relation in supermarket and efforts to do
same.
CONCLUSION
By summing up above discussion, it has been summarized that Morrison’s and its
management considered effective and excellent approaches in context of employment relations
in workplace which make them able to obtained desired outcomes in term of building strong
workforce and increased productivity level. Furthermore, it has been concluded that by following
above suggestions and considering advises organizations gained a lot of benefits as it helped firm
to improve performance of business rather than before and profitability as well. Manager by

providing fair rights and duties to staff created inclusive and productive work culture where each
applicant feel happy and experience positivity around them.

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