Employee Relations

Employee Relations

The terms ‘employee relations’ refers to a company efforts to manage relationship between employers and employees. An organization with a good employee relations program provides fair and consistent treatments to all employees.

Employee relations program are typically part of a human resource strategy designed to ensure the most effective use of people to accomplish the organization’s mission . Human resource strategies are deliberate plans companies use to help them gain and maintain a competitive edge in the market place. Employee relations programs focus on issues affecting employees  , such as pay and benefits ,supporting work-life balance ,and safe working conditions .

One of the most effective ways for a company to ensure good employee relations is to adopt a human resource strategy that places a high value on employees as stakeholders in the business .Stakeholders are people who are committed ,financially or otherwise ,to a company and are affected by its success or failure .When employees are treated as more than just paid laborers ,but as actual stakeholders with the power to affect outcomes ,they feel more valued for the job they do .

Today Most of the companies practice ‘employee relations ‘ as proper manner for a example Nestle they practice and promotes a continuous improvement of the working conditions , giving special attention to the following labor priorities and make sure good employee relations :

·         Respect the right of employees

·         Offer competitive wages and benefits

·         Treat every employee with dignity and without any tolerance

·         Employees to assure a safe and healthy work place and working environment respectful of their family lives

Conclusion

The most important part of any business is its people . No business can run effectively without them .But people don’t work in a vacuum; employers need to manage relationship in the workplace to keep the business functioning smoothly , avoid problems , and make sure employees are performing at their best .So without good relationship with employee between employers defiantly there will be huge issues.

References :

http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-employee-relations-definition-lesson-quiz.html  Accessed on 14 Nov 2017 3.00PM

http://www.nestle.com/asset-library/documents/library/documents/people/employee-relations-policy-en.pdf Accessed on 14 Nov 2017 at 4.00 PM

https://www.cipd.co.uk/knowledge/fundamentals/relations/employees/factsheet Accessed on 15 Nov 2017 at 4.16 PM