Employee Relationship

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

START

THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

COMMON VS CONFLICTING INTERESTS

PLURALISM

UNITARISM

A perspective where an organisation is perceived as being made up of divergent sub-groups having their own legitimate interests

Shared interests of all members of an organisation

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TRADE UNIONS

DEFINITION

WHY JOIN?

UNION RIGHTS

MANAGEMENT OPINION

TRADE UNIONS IN THE UK

MEMBERSHIP DECLINE

the big names

STRIKE DECLINE

Unite Unison USDAW Voice CWU BMU

Why strike?

Is this happening across the world?

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PARTERNERSHIP

Relationship between employers and employees (via trade unions) ‘based not simply on power and rights but on the satisfaction of mutual as well as separate interests’ (Acas, 2005: 2)

Three approaches to partnership(Guest and Peccei, 2001): Pluralist Unitarist Hybrid

PARTNERSHIP

WHY

PRINCIPLES

EMPLOYER BENEFITS

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

SUMMARY

• Employee relations is concerned with the management and regulation of the employment relationship in its political, economic, social and legal context

• Key trends include a decline in trade union membership, recognition and influence; decline in collective bargaining; and the increasing individualisation of the employment relationship.

• Partnership agreements based on mutual gains for employer and employees, but some commentators question the extent to which such outcomes are possible

HOMEWORK

cipd factsheet

Click on the document on the right and answer the questions below in your word file. Upload to the TOPIC 11 lecture 2 folder once completed.

How has union membership changed within the UK?

What role do handbooks play within the workplace?

How has COVID impacted employee relations?

What does the document say about conflict in the workplace?