Video
01: Current developments in employee relations
(Source
: Ellis and Taylor, 2017)
In this video, CIPD Chief Examiner Stephen
Taylor talks Employee Relations with Cecillia Ellis the Senior Human Resource
Management Lecturer from Manchester Metropolitan University. They discuss the 3 most important current developments in employee
relations. The first one they identify as employee voice. They have
identified this as one of the key drivers in employee relations. As the second
point, they are highlighting the area of conflict. Here they talk about both
collective and individual conflicts and how they can affect. The third key area
they talk about is around trust. They talk about the implications that could
occur around attitude and behavior changes on employees and organizations. One
of the challenges they highlight would be for organizations is to regain trust.
Video
02: Employment Relations in the USA: Current Trends
(Source : Bamber and Colvin, 2018)
In this video, Professor Greg Bamber and Professor
Alex Colvin here talks about the latest trends in employee relations in the USA.
They talk about the decline of the labor movement in America and its current influence.
Also, they talk about how other countries try to revitalize the labor movement. They
highlight the fact that the rise of individual rights in United States and its
impact in these modern days. Interesting thoughts shared about the new development
of radical movements in USA market. Finally, they do a comparison with USA and
other countries about what’s happening in terms of employee relations which is
quite interesting.
Reference
Ellis, C. and Taylor, S. (2017). CIPD -
Current developments in employee relations | Cecillia Ellis & Stephen
Taylor. [video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGWIqDglqvE [Accessed 02 September 2019].
Bamber, G. and Colvin, A. (2018). Employment Relations in the USA: Current Trends. [video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvlz_MfGBRU [Accessed 01 September 2019].
Bamber, G. and Colvin, A. (2018). Employment Relations in the USA: Current Trends. [video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvlz_MfGBRU [Accessed 01 September 2019].
Apart from three identified important current developments in employee relations by Ellis and Taylor (2017) namely employee voice, area of conflict and trust, there are three major employee relations trends as identified by Bisvas (2018). Those are namely Centralization of the employee relations function, an increasing focus on metrics and analytics and workplace safety as the spotlight.
ReplyDeleteBisvas, S. (2018, 12 28). Top 3 Employee Relations Trends for 2019. Retrieved 11 13, 2019, from https://www.hrtechnologist.com/: https://www.hrtechnologist.com/articles/employee-engagement/top-3-employee-relations-trends-for-2019/
Though I couldn’t locate the source you provided, those are valid employee relations trends. I would like to elaborate more about increasing focus on metrics and analytics. Through the systematic collection of quantitative and qualitative data (for example, employee satisfaction or engagement), workforce data and a keen understanding of the context in which it is collected, meaningful performance metrics can be developed to measure and model the costs and benefits of various HR strategies and methods. As a result, HR decisions become more evidence-based and data-driven, both providing a stronger justification for investment in [ IR and human capital ] and the means by which this investment can be assessed (Wilton, 2019).
DeleteHi Anjula, in addition to your points regarding the current developments in employee relations, I would also like to add that an ongoing trend is the increased focus on addressing workforce misconduct, irrespective of its impact or nature (Muller, 2019). In addition, there is more transparency in dealing with the issues among employees and managers, as more and more cases are being documented and brought to light.
ReplyDeleteThere is also more emphasis on the importance of mental awareness and the stigma is lessening rapidly. Depression and substance abuse are dealt with care, while empowering employees to use available resources without stigma (Muller, 2019).
Thanks for the details and I agree. Different organizations have different positions and policies on how employees with alleged breaches of confidentiality can respond to serious disclosures, but all face the challenge of acting ethically and legally in the action they choose to take. It is becoming increasingly difficult for employers to use the threat or use of discipline to suppress employees ' legal rights to disclose wrongdoing, but where a case of misconduct on the part of an employee is being made, such cases will almost certainly be more complicated and challenging than those involving more straightforward breaches of work rules (Banfield, Kay and Royles, 2018).
DeleteFuthermore, with the rapid growth in innovation Employee Relationship can constantly depend on prescriptive and predictive analytics to anticipate, minimize and even deter Employee Relationship issues from blowing up (Biswas, 2018).
ReplyDeleteInnovative behavior is the primary tool for sustaining competitive advantage and sustainable development in the organization Past studies have found that when workers trust their workplace, they will view the external environment as being secure and willing to take risks. Nevertheless, if innovative environment does not provide guidance workers may not demonstrate innovative actions as they may not realize what behaviors are beneficial to the company (Yu et al., 2018).
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