Introduction Employee relations imply the general behavior and interaction of workers within the workplace. The employer is often endowed with the responsibility of managing employee relations within workplace and ensuring that harmony prevails. The management should always be approachable to employees. Good employee relations help in the improvement of communication between employees which at times results into higher levels of productivity. Usually, training and development presents avenues of preventing future disputes. All employees are expected to offer responsible services in different sectors within the organization; such services ultimately are rewarded through salary or wage payment (Marchinton and Wilkinson, 2005). Wages Employees from furniture Company are demanding a 20% increase on their wages every single year they work for the company. Linking of pay to performance based on the percentage of pay should be considered for the employees. The factory should introduce the concept of variable pay which links the pay to performance and where overall pay structure is broken down into appropriate components. The employees within the factory should be paid subject to the nature of their performance. The variable pay would act as a good incentive for motivating employees since they would take ownership and feel responsible for their work. Wages should be paid based on whether the employee works full-time or part-time. The rules safeguarding payment of over-time wages should be adhered to for the purposes of avoiding delays. Overview of key events The overall evaluation represents satisfaction levels on the model of working conditions. The data used from the factory was obtained from forty five employees and management team. There was a discussion concerning human resource management tactics with most of the analysis based on the existing policies within the Union of Australian Factory and Retail Workers Agreement Act. From the analysis carried out, several findings came up including the role of strong communication in implementation of workable policies concerning working hours, salaries and meal allowances. Retention of employees within the factory largely depends on the nature of opportunities offered to employees. The major discovery was that the level of employee satisfaction determines the management prowess of human resource department. Strategic location of any business plays a vital role in influencing its success. Employees normally have the tendency of linking the kind of satisfaction they gain out of their work to the location and environment. Such factors determines to a large extent the duration one stays within a working environment. An assured progress and profitability of the factory acts as source of motivation to employees. The contrary is true, whereby inappropriate location would result into less attraction hence low customer turnout. Maintenance of employees within workplace usually results into creation of some form of interconnectivity in the marketplace. However, employee satisfaction comprises of general attitude and acceptance of the available working conditions (Khan, 2005).The nature of services offered by employe