Posted on 6th Jul, 2021
"Any dissatisfaction or feeling of injustice in connection with one's employment situation that is brought to the attention of management", may be termed a grievance, according to Dale S. Beach
When something happens or is happening to an employee which he thinks is unfair, a grievance arises. Typically, grievances at work may arise from:
Poor Working Conditions
Management Policies
Interpersonal factors
Grievances are natural to arise in an organization where there are thousands of workers employed. However, these grievances should be removed within the stipulated time for creating a healthy work culture. If these grievances accumulate, it may result in a ripple effect creating more grievances that affect badly on both quality and quantity of output.
Grievances are most commonly, symptoms of conflicts within the organization and therefore, management should be concerned with grievances as they are important indicators of potential problems within the workforce. With a proper grievance redressal procedure, the management can respond to employee concerns as managers sometimes are unaware of them.
Human Resource Management involves managing people within the employer-employee relationship. While many organizations do have their own policies to attend employees’ grievances, often developed by HR; the main questions to ask are how many employees are utilizing it to the extent it has to be and whether the policy is able to settle the issue within the stipulated time.
HR should also constantly take feedback from the workforce regarding working conditions, management policies, and interpersonal factors; by way of which future conflicts within the organization may be minimized and a way for a better work efficiency and a healthy work culture ensuring long term employee-employer relationships may be paved, which will benefit the organization in the long run.
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In handling grievances, specifically, our team of experts is well-equipped to offer you and your employees an experienced, and impartial perspective in the resolution of the conflict, providing a safe space for both parties to air your views and meet at a common ground. Our neutral stance shall also serve to encourage employees to share their feedback about the organization more freely, allowing us to work in tandem with your team to pre-emptively address such issues and subvert their escalation into grievances.