Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences, Vol. 4 No. 2, April 2017 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 103 P-ISSN 2362-8022 | E-ISSN 2362-8030 | www.apjeas.apjmr.com Effect of Employee Relation to Job Performance in Engineering, Construction and Manufacturing Company Charlene Ivy M. Bacong, Hadge A. Encio Graduate School, Lyceum of the Philippines University, Batangas City, Philippines Date Received: April 10, 2017; Date Revised: May 5, 2017 Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences Vol. 4 No. 2, 103-111 April 2017 P-ISSN 2362-8022 E-ISSN 2362-8030 www.apjeas.apjmr.com Abstract – The study aimed to describe the employee relation practices in terms of improving employee morale, building company culture, conveying expectations and participating in management decision and identify the employee performance in terms of personal management and behaviour and productivity. Describe type of research was utilized in the study. Results showed that employees always want to feel that they are part of the company’s objectives which require continuous learning, better communication and fair benefits. Respondents agreed that the atmosphere and interpersonal relation in respective department are friendly and cooperative. Having strong working relationship among the people within the company can deliver good quality of high performance. Keywords: employee relation, commitment, job performance INTRODUCTION As of January 2017, Philippines have an employment rate of 93.4 (Philippine Statistics Authority). It is evident that there is a high demand of manpower to meet people‘s demand for service and consumption [1]. No business can function productively without their skilled people [2]. They play a very vital role in the overall success of the business. When employees are treated as an integral part of company‘s mission, they feel more valuable and dedicated towards work. It is likely taking an effective role in shaping the future of the organization. Companies should take good care of their employees so that they will take care of their job. Through love of work, they will be motivated to do their best to provide good quality of service as their way of giving the goodness to the company and as well as to their consumers. Employee relation refers to the relationship between an employer and its employee, supervisors, subordinates, and co-workers [3]. Each member has a unique personality, strengths and weaknesses and it is an advantage for each member, despite all the differences, they still have one purpose and vision towards the success of the company. Strong teamwork can make one organization unique from others. This uniqueness determines where the company is heading to and whether the employee relation is healthy, effective or has a potential harmful effect in the organization. It is known that if a strong relationship is in place, employees will be more productive, more efficient, create less conflict and will be more loyal [4]. Since employees are spending longer period at the workplace and with co-workers, it is important to have a good employee relation throughout the organization because good communication can lead to good outcome. Business organizations look into the benefit of continuously developing and improving passion and commitment of their people to get the best of their potential [5]. For a company to be successful in the long run, it must develop good internal communications to contribute to a positive organizational culture [6]. To run the business effectively, employers need to adapt Human Resource Strategies in order to manage relationship in the workplace and to keep the smooth flow of operations, avoid hitches and ensure that employees are performing at their best. HRS should create some programs to provide fair treatment in all employees for them to be committed on their job and be loyal to the company. Mitsubhi-Hitachi Power System Philippines Inc. and BS Technology Engineering Construction Company are one of the companies inclined to delivering multi-disciplinary engineering, construction and manufacturing. Both companies are handling a variety of projects but despite of these, they also focus on the well-being of their staff. They are regularly hosting range of events such as company outing, Christmas parties and company sport activities in