EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES NEED EACH OTHER FOR ORGANISATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY

Employers and employers need each other,  these were the key words in the one  day  meeting organised by  federation of Uganda  employers held at Gardens restaurant in Fort-portal on 12th September 2013. the key participant in the meeting were employers from the CSOs. RIC-NET inclusive, private companies dominated by tea estates factories and the likes of Hiima cement factory and Mountains of the moon university. the meeting objectives was to promote sound employement relations and introduce the participants to the the proposed higher education students financing bill 2013.
while opening the meeting the District chairperson kabarole, Mr. Rwabuhinga Richard  appreciated members of the federation for absorbing the young people as it has remained a challenge providing  them with employment after school. he noted that Government inducts its employees for a period of time after every recruitment to ensure there  employees are in the know of the objectives, and expected deliverables of Government  of and there by ensuring good working relations between the two parties.he also cautione the tea factories against recruiting underage workers and the workers without proper documentation which causes security threats.

At a presentation on "maintenance of good working relations to enhance individual and organisational productivity'' made by the Human resource manager mountains of the Moon university Mr mukundane Vincent he noted the  employers and emlpoyees spend more hours together thats why  good relations should be maintained as a basis for better productivity. some of the causes for poopr relations are unrealistic policies, delayed payments of staff salaries,   breach of terms and conditions in the contract, inability to perform, indicipline of staff as ,abuse of  office property, which in the long run lead to employement stress, staff withdrawal and burnout,low productivity, low morale among othres.
Mr Mukundane also noted how organisations can ensure better relations at work by: just treatment for all staff, timely conflict resolution, regular feedback on the organisational policies, attending social events of staff, building a good rapport with staff, providing employees with required materials.
He also advised the employers to always plan for gratuity of staff because it enhances staff stability.