Employee Relations 101

Answers to “What Would You Do?” Exercises

This appendix gives some suggested responses or approaches for the “What would you do?” exercises included in this book. They are indicative only; you may decide that in your particular organizational context, a different approach would be more suited or supportive of your employee relations strategy.

What Would You Do? Number 1

This could be a matter for mediation, but some potential problems should be considered first. There is a power imbalance as the manager has more seniority than the employee. The issues that the manager has raised could be matters for performance management, especially if the employee is not delivering work on time. If a manager is behaving appropriately and reasonably in setting ...