What is Active Employee Relationship Management?

Last updated: 2025-08-01

Active Employee Communication and Relationships

Aptien helps build, maintain, and improve productive communication and relationships between your business and employees. The key is clear and effective communication throughout your organization. Reducing misunderstandings and communication barriers increases trust, credibility, and loyalty among employees, which in turn boosts overall company performance.  

Active employee relationship management is how businesses handle all interactions with their employees to help reach company goals. In practice, this means: 

  • Managing every interaction with your team and how team members work together
  • HR plays a central role throughout the process
  • Managers are essential – they help build and maintain strong employee relationships
  • HR tracks and monitors relationships to ensure everything runs smoothly
  • Supporting and managing employee engagement
  • Supporting and managing employee development
  • Facilitating ongoing communication and interaction with employees 

Employee relations management focuses on helping employees and employers work together effectively on daily tasks. Better collaboration and involvement from both sides align the interests of employees and employers, helping to manage day-to-day operations, share information, and more. This process covers all employees from their first day until they leave the company.

It includes relationships between employees and employers as well as relationships among employees. It involves clear communication, employee satisfaction, and using the right tools and technology to support these connections. 

From Hiring to Exit

Managing employee relationships begins when they join your company and continues until they leave. A smooth onboarding process helps build trust and a strong connection between the employee and your business.

  • Getting ready for new hires (pre-boarding)
  • Onboarding
  • Employee offboarding

Employee Experience and Development in the Company

  • employee needs and expectations
  • workflow efficiency
  • issuing work equipment
  • job handoff procedures

Employee Relations Management Tools 

  • two-way communication between employees and management
  • company updates and announcements to employees
  • fostering a positive workplace culture
  • ensuring employees understand company policies and procedures