The way in which employers communicate with their workforce is an important part of employee relations. Employers should be aware of the importance of communicating with staff during periods of change in the workplace, particularly where the change is brought on by difficult economic circumstances, which may lead to new or amended job duties, organisational restructuring and redundancies.
In the first national telecoms strike since 1987, thousands of BT and Openreach workers have walked out, with more than 250 picket lines being formed across the UK.