EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIP


The term “industrial relations” has been replaced by the term “employee relation” for defining the relationship between employers and employees ER focuses on both individual and collective relationships in the work place, and it helps line managers to establish trust based relationships with employees. Business outcomes can be improved by creating a positive climate of employee relations with high levels of employee involvement, commitment and engagement. (CIPD, 2017 )
The relationship among employers and employee is being re-imagined in a critical way because of the turbulent economic conditions. The results are as critical to the future of business as are advancement in marketing, financial management and technology. (Ehrlich, 1994)
The relationship between employer and employee should be mutually respectful. Both employer and employee should try to increase the closeness of the relationships. Some employers like to keep their employees at a distance to maintain the hierarchy that exists between them. But some employer like to keep their employees closely as friends to increase the employee morale and happiness. Both these options are not perfect as getting too close to employees may cause some problems.
In UK, the roles and responsibilities of both employer and employee are founded on the contract of employment. This employee – employer relationship is also affected by trade unions who act in the invert of employees. Not like past hierarchical systems nowadays there are more of a partnership type of relationships within workplaces. This lead to a more flexible and efficient system and more but yet, industrial disputes can be occurred.
The relationship between the employer and the employee is vital even if the business has one employee. The relationship should be lawful, some problems can arise. (Leat, 2012)
Employee dissatisfaction such as absenteeism, employee turnover, working to rule can be reduced by quality ER and it will lead to increased outcome and cost effectiveness. (Burns, 2012)


References

Burns, A., 2012. Employee Relations. 01 ed. s.l.:John Wiley & Sons.
CIPD, 2017 . CIPD. [Online]
Available at: https://www.cipd.co.uk/knowledge/fundamentals/relations/employees/factsheet
[Accessed 14 November 2017].
Ehrlich, C. J., 1994. Creating an employer‐employee relationship for the hture. Human Resource Management, 33(3), pp. 491-501.
Leat, M., 2012. Exploring Emlpoyee Relations. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.



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