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About the Employee Relations Discipline

The Employee Relations Discipline concerns the relationship of employees with the organization and with each other. It includes the processes of developing, implementing, administering and analyzing the employer-employee relationship; performing ongoing evaluation of it; managing employee performance; ensuring that relations with employees comply with applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations; and resolving workplace disputes. It also includes matters that focus on HR careers, communications, legal and regulatory issues, technology, metrics and outsourcing in the employee relations field, as well as effective employee relations practices and global employee relations issues. It does not include matters involving union organizing, union elections, collective bargaining and ongoing union-management relations, which are encompassed in the Labor Relations Discipline.

Winds of Change Persistent but Slow for Working Dads
Many fathers fear to ask for time off to balance work and family, and suspect that managers are more accepting of such requests from working mothers.  

Employee Engagement Gains Are Tenuous
An “engaged” employee knows what to do and wants to do it, according to a study by HR consultancy Sibson Consulting to explore what attracts, motivates and retains employees.  

Don't Neglect Social Media
Companies that establish a social media presence and then neglect it can damage the organization's reputation and squander employee engagement, experts say.

Untangling Positive and Negative Employee Feedback
To be sure employee attitude surveys are worth the time and money companies must take the surveys seriously and follow up on what survey-takers convey, especially when responses seem to conflict.  

IT, ITES Sectors Lead The Pack In Salary Increments This Year
Although firms are expected to add more staff, most of the talent especially in the middle to senior management roles will remain in their current organizations, reveals Kelly Services' Employment Outlook and Salary Guide 2010-11.

Employee Workload, Burnout Plague Organizations
The global economic downturn continued to impact the morale of American workers in mid-2010, surveys suggest, as companies tried to do more with less.

Twitter Posting Gets Editor Fired
CNN editor Octavia Nasr found out the hard way that expressing a controversial opinion on Twitter can damage a career.

A Look At Rewards That Motivate, Engage
Employers look at ways to keep employees motivated despite wage freezes, lost bonuses, increased work demands and downsizing.

Social Media Use Rises
More people worldwide are using social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, while at work. But not all such use drains productivity or endangers corporate data, experts say.  

Workers Feel Undervalued by Managers
Rank-and-file employees—not top management—bear the greatest responsibility for ensuring the quality of their company’s products and customer service, but company leaders value them least, most U.S. workers say.