Employee relations programs focus on safeguarding employee interests through mutual cooperation between management and employees. These programs include participation programs to share decision making, protection programs to ensure workplace well-being, assistance programs to address employee needs, communication programs to share the organizational philosophy, and rights programs to ensure employment protections. Specific employee relations programs provide ownership participation, decision input, benefit sharing, health and safety protections, counseling, benefits, communication channels, and protections for job security, employment rights, and personal rights.

1. Employee Relations A set of policies, programmes and mechanisms Focused on safeguarding and promoting the basic interests of people at work Within the framework of mutual cooperation between management and employees and human dignity and growth To seek greater organizational effectiveness

2. Employee Relations Programmes Participation : To what extent decision making and control be shared? Protection : Are there aspects of the workplace that threaten the well-being of employees? Assistance : How shall we respond to the special needs of specific employees? Communication : How best can we convey our organizational philosophy to employee? Rights : How shall we ensure they are in place?

3. Employee Relations Programmes Employee Participation Programmes Ownership participation (stock holding) Decision participation (joint consultancy, quality circles, team briefing, suggestion schemes) Benefit participation (profit sharing schemes) Employee Protection Programmes Reactive measures (compensation) Prevention measures (health and safety)

4. Employee Relations Programmes Employee Rights Programmes Job security Employment rights Personal rights Disciplinary procedures Employee Assistance Programmes Employee counseling Employee benefits

5. Employee Relations Programmes Employee Communication Programmes Upward communications (grievances procedures, suggestion box, open door practice) Downward communications (handbook, newsletter, bulletin board, meeting, electronic media) Other Social & Informal Programmes