Question

Define grievance and what are the causes and effects of grievances

Answer 1

Answer:

a real or imagined cause for complaint, especially unfair treatment.

                                               OR

A grievance is any dissatisfaction or feeling of injustice having connection with one’s employment situ­ation which is brought to the attention of management.

Causes of Grievances:

Grievances may occur due to a number of reasons:

1. Economic

2. Work environment

2. Work environment

4. Organizational change

5. Employee relations

6. Miscellaneous

The negative consequences of employee grievance are:

Reduced Productivity

Absenteeism Problem

Disobeying of orders

Indisciplined behavior

Reduced quality of work

Reduced co-operation among the employees

Discouragement in employees

Disharmonious relation between management and employees