Employee relation

Employee relation

Historically as industrial relations, is concerned with the contractual, emotional, physical and practical relationship between employer and employee (Robins, 2017).

Employees who get along with their employer and enjoy rather than feel anxious about going to work in the morning have a better overall work experience. Happy employees work harder, produce better work, and ultimately keep the customer happy and the business thriving (Lesiuk, 2020).

Employee relations consist of all those areas of human resource management that deals with employees directly and through collective agreements where trade unions are recognized. The union practices for the welfare and good working condition of the employees. Employee relations are concerned with generally managing the relationship between employer and employees at the workplace that can be formal e.g. contract of employment.

The Importance of Employee Relation

·       Encourage good organizational climate, mutual understanding and cooperation.

·       There is a clear and fair policy in solving the problems of the organization.

·       Employee relation treats people as valuable assets.

·       There is a equitable, fair and transparent treatment of employees.

·       There is an effective communication throughout the organization.

 Ways to maintain positive employee relations

·       Open Communication

·       Show Recognition

·       Constant Feedback

·       Invest In Your Employees

·       Stop Micromanaging

·       Don’t Play Favorites

·       Be As Clear As Possible

·       Share the Company Vision

In global context Employee relation

Virgin group

One of the best-known companies in the world, Virgin delivers services across a range of industries. The business has earned a fantastic reputation over the years for its ability to listen to their employees (Roberts, 2016), value their opinions and respect their ideas (Shaw, 2015). By letting people know that they can share their thoughts freely with business leaders, Virgin has no problem coming up with endless innovative new ideas (Talbot, 2018).

Listening is at the heart of most employer/employee relations programs but is frequently overlooked in larger enterprise environments. Virgin proves that no matter how big you get, it still pays to listen to your team.

Employee relation in ABC Audit firm

In ABC Audit the decision maker is a Directress who welcome to employees personal issues not only matters affect the employment related but also personal matters for solutions. She always gives support in staffs problem. And also some time she will give priority before the clients although practicing autocratic leadership sometimes like when assigning work.

She pay attention on workers personal issues while taking a decision. For example when there is a need for overtime work, she will consider the staffs availability of transportation to home.

The directress directly influence with the autocratic leadership style. By paying personal attention with the control the quarrel among employees almost stopped.

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