What Employees Need to Know

Abstract

Introduction To perform their jobs effectively, employees obviously need certain essential information. Part of this information is job related, whilst other information is about general terms and conditions of employment. Some will be given as part of the recruitment process whilst the rest will — or at least should — be given during the induction programme and during specific job training. In addition, there is a whole range of information which cannot be said to be essential to specific job performance but which is increasingly communicated to employees and their representatives as part of the process of improving motivation and increasing understanding of the business. In the United Kingdom, there is also a statutory duty on an employer to disclose certain information to trade union representatives without which they “would be to a material extent impeded in…collective bargaining”.

Citation

Cowan, N. (1982), "What Employees Need to Know", Management Decision, Vol. 20 No. 5, pp. 3-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb001300