With reference to the scenario brief, analyse, evaluate, and discuss the key employment relations issues facing the company Organic Health Foods. Advise the Director of the actions needed for an amicable resolution and to be legally compliant.

ASSIGNMENT

With reference to the scenario brief, analyse, evaluate, and discuss the key employment relations issues facing the company Organic Health Foods. Advise the Director of the actions needed for an amicable resolution and to be legally compliant. Use key case studies and relevant employment legislation to support your answer.

The Scenario Brief

You are a freelance HR consultant advising Zak Tan, Director of Organic Health Foods (OHF) on several employment relations issues. OHF is a retailer based in Covent Garden, with a staff of 50, comprising of drivers, sales persons, cashiers, administrative staff and cleaners. Zak Tan has made several contract changes without notifying the staff. He has removed all parental statutory rights including paternity and maternity leave from the contracts and any leave should now be taken as annual leave.

OHF has refused to comply to the National Minimum Wage (NMW), stating a flat rate of £8 per hour was reasonable. Recently, Zak Tan only promoted white males to managers and terminated the contracts of all staff over 60 years on the grounds they were too old to work.

Last month, Zak Tan refused to recognize Gender Reassignment (GR) as a legitimate illness and refused to pay Sam Johnson for sick pay as he received GR treatment.

Moreover, there has been a high turnover of staff at OHF, where staff have been told that they cannot join trade unions and recently staff have been informed they cannot wear any religious wear or jewellry representing their religion. Currently, there is no handbook or training on dress code.

Instructions

Materials for the key themes are covered in weeks 2-10, use relevant core reading; key employment legislation and case studies covered in class to support your arguments.

Standard Report Format

A standard report includes the following elements:

A cover page
An executive summary
Contents page
An Introduction
Findings section – the main body of the report, separated into any number of sub-sections as required
Conclusion
Recommendations
•Reference list
Appendices

Core Reading

Your work must be fully supported with references (cited in the Harvard style). You must use all of the following:

Horten, R (2021) Core Statutes on Employment Law 2020-21, Red Globe Press
Milner, S (2017) Comparative Employment Relations, Macmillan International
Cabrelli, D (2020) Employment Law in Context, OUP
Silva, J ( 2021) Employment in Crisis: The Path to Better Jobs in a Post-COVID, World Bank Publications
Bennett, T; Saundry, R; Fisher, V (2020) Managing Employment Relations (CIPD), Kogan Page
Bingham, C (2016) Employment Relations: Fairness & Trust in the workplace, Sage Publication
Williams, S (2017) Introducing Employment Relations: A Critical Approach, OUP
Aylott, E (2014) Employment Law (HR Fundamentals), Kogan Page 4

Armstrong, S (2019) The Essential HR Handbook: A Quick and Handy Resource for Managers, New Page Books
Guenole, N; Ferrar, J (2017) Power of People, The: Learn How Successful Organizations Use Workforce Analytics To Improve Business Performance, FT Press Analytics

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