(Solution) New 5HR01 (AC3.2) Analyse (three) key causes of employee grievances

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Poor Management

Weak leadership practises create most employee complaints in the workplace. As demand managers lose their ability to effectively speak to staff or distribute fair judgments, employees start disliking their work environment more. When managers control too closely or favour one person over another along with uneven decisions creates stress that drives workers to give up interest. Workers who receive poor support from their management team typically submit work complaints and choose to leave their jobs at higher rates. Organisations can stop these behaviour problems when they give proper leadership and teamwork training to managers as recommended by ACAS for 2023. Communicating set plans for manager responsibilities plus steady assessment support makes the work environment more honest and helpful for everyone.

Lack of Flexibility

Workplace rules that stay fixed regardless of employee requirements create workplace disagreements. Workers find it hard to handle both their work duties and household tasks mainly in sectors that strictly control shifts or distance work. Employees develop work-related stress and negative feelings when employers limit work flexibility and deny remote working options or refuse to support personal demands. Data from xperthr.co.uk shows organisations with flexible work policies earn better employee satisfaction results plus fewer missed work days (www.xperthr.co.uk, n.d.). Organisations avoid worker grievances when they clearly state flexible work rules and create open spaces to talk about work-life balance while making sure each request gets fair consideration.

Inequality in Treatment

People who sense unfair treatment at work will complain about unfair pay differences plus fewer career chances and unequal work duties. Employees who suffer gender or race discrimination alongside age bias will lose motivation and consider protected workplace complaints. According to ACAS (2023) organisations achieve equality by showing all pay details clearly while using promotion standards that do not favour one person and by setting equal workloads. Diversity and inclusion training happens regularly to stop unconscious bias patterns and build an inclusive workplace.