Human Resource Management, Ch. 15: Labor Relations And Collective Bargaining

1. What is the meaning of employee relations Employee relations are employers efforts to manage relationships between the employer and employees. Good employee relationship is a fair and consistent treatment of employees. 2. What is fair disciplinary practices Disciplinary practices are the practices or conditions to which employees are taken through to correct or punish errant behavior. Fair disciplinary practices are processes that respect the rules of natural justice and safeguard the rights of employees including the right to a fair hearing and representation. 3. Discuss the process of How to Handle a Grievance Situation in your organization If you do not have a procedures what needs to be in your policy The principles for handling grievances are timeliness, confidentiality, fairness, equality, and transparency. Mediation is the first procedure. It is used at the earliest opportunity although it can be used at any stage. If the grievance is not satiated by mediation, the grievance goes through four stages. In the first stage of an informal hearing, the grievance is presented informally to a manager. The second stage is a formal hearing by grievances committee including the aggrieved person(s) and their representatives. If dissatisfied with the outcome the third stage is