Last-minute talks to avert a potential strike that could result in petrol shortages across the UK are being held. Unions representing 500 oil tanker drivers planning a four-day strike are meeting with employers in efforts to resolve a pay dispute .   More...
11 June 2008 11:01

Two-thirds of employers have never used mediation to settle workplace disputes , research has found. Research by law firm Dundas & Wilson (D&W) found only 36% of HR professionals had used the tactic to tackle conflict at work. This foll  More...
10 June 2008 08:02

A new code of practice on discipline and grievance has been launched for consultation by Acas, the advisory and conciliation service. The new code will ultimately aim to encourage businesses and individuals to resolve disputes internally, saving m  More...
06 May 2008 10:00

Acas has revamped its website with new features for for HR professionals, employers and employees. The advice and conciliation service's new website - which was redesigned following feedback from customers and users - features better navigati  More...
29 April 2008 12:32

Acas risks damaging its long-standing reputation in resolving workplace disputes unless it can quickly settle a row over pay, according to a leading industrial relations specialist. Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) worki  More...
07 March 2008 08:04

Acas chief Ed Sweeney has insisted the service will rise to the challenge of growing demand from employers when the statutory dispute resolution procedures are scrapped next April. The government last week announced an extra £37m funding for the a  More...
11 February 2008 08:00

Business secretary John Hutton is to clamp down on unnecessary employment tribunals by throwing millions of pounds at conciliation service Acas. The government has today awarded Acas £37m to help prevent workplace disputes unnecessarily going to emp  More...
06 February 2008 10:21

The arbitration and conciliation service Acas saves employers, employees and the taxpayer almost £800m a year, according to a new report. A study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research found that every pound of taxpayer money inv  More...
15 November 2007 13:01

Personnel Today interviews Rita Donaghy, out-going chair, Acas. As she steps down as chair of Acas, Donaghy calls on future governments to value the conciliation service's work.   More...
08 October 2007 11:05

The appointment of a life-long trade unionist as the new chair of conciliation service Acas has been welcomed by employers. Ed Sweeney, deputy general secretary of Unite - Amicus section - will replace Rita Donaghy as chair when she retires on 1   More...
18 September 2007 10:00

Conciliation service Acas has appointed Ed Sweeney as its new chairman. Sweeney replaces Rita Donaghy who has served as chair since 2000 and who will leave in October. Sweeney takes up his new post after a stint as deputy general secretary of uni  More...
11 September 2007 09:42

A union for communications professionals has been granted formal recognition by mobile telecoms giant Vodafone  for the first time. A decision from the Central Arbitration Committee means that Vodafone will be forced to consult with   More...
23 July 2007 11:21

Royal Mail has offered to meet the Communication Workers Union (CWU) ahead of a proposed strike through talks at conciliation service Acas , the BBC reports .   The company said it wanted to ex  More...
18 June 2007 11:32

Julian Yew looks at the statutory procedures governing disciplinary, dismissal and grievance issues, and some forthcoming changes.  More...
24 May 2007 09:00

Five new members have been appointed to the council of conciliation service Acas . They are Jonathan Michie, professor of management at the University of Birmingham ;  Susan Anderson, director of human resources policy at the   More...
22 May 2007 11:15

The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 provide a formal framework for consultation between employers and workers' representatives  More...
16 May 2007 13:22

Rita Donaghy has been appointed interim chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life  with immediate effect. She takes over from Sir Alistair Graham whose three-year term came to an end on 25 April. The committee is a non-department  More...
01 May 2007 12:00

The Transport and General Workers Union (T&G)   has warned of possible strike action by cabin crew at Thomsonfly , following a failed meeting over compulsory job cuts as Thomson and First Choice continue with merg  More...
30 April 2007 11:06

Government proposals for greater use of mediation in resolving workplace disputes will fail unless a rbitration service Acas   receives more funding, employment experts have warned. Last week a report by Michael Gibbons looking at improv  More...
27 March 2007 07:29

Amicus has been recognised for collective bargaining rights at Ritrama (UK) by the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), the government body which adjudicates on union recognition. The Ritrama Group is the largest privately-owned self-adh  More...
26 March 2007 09:48

Conciliation service Acas has launched a tool  for businesses to check how they currently share information and consult with their employees . From 6 April, the information and consultation rules will extend to apply to all businesses   More...
16 March 2007 11:50

Professor John Purcell, a leading authority on people management and employment relations, has joined conciliation service Acas   as an academic adviser. Purcell said: “People are now recognising the importance of good employment relations   More...
19 February 2007 14:41

British Airways’ decision to call in conciliation service Acas  will not help it to avert next week’s strike by cabin crew, according to the head of the union involved. “It is not Acas’ problem, it is British Airways’ problem,” Tony W  More...
23 January 2007 11:20

Mediation should be increasingly considered by HR to resolve workplace disputes as early as possible, according to conciliation service Acas . At Symposium Events’ Dispute Resolution and Mediation Summit in London today, Rita Donaghy, chair of Acas,  More...
18 October 2006 15:35

Annual pay rises for police staff have been delayed after the Police Staff Council failed to reach an agreement with unions over officers' pay. Unison, which represents 37,000 police staff members (non-officers), said it cannot continue pay neg  More...
18 September 2006 16:23

The Acas annual report shows that more than 900,000 callers turned to it for help last year  More...
26 July 2006 12:15

Conciliation service Acas has reviewed the effect of the dispute resolution regulations on the employment tribunal system. Ross Bentley reports on its findings  More...
09 May 2006 08:00

The Transport and General Workers Union (T&G) has won a battle with budget airline EasyJet to become the recognised union at its Luton call centre  More...
07 February 2006 09:42

The government is inviting input into an assessment of the performance of conciliation service, Acas.  More...
05 January 2006 12:10

Acas attempts to resolve differences between London Underground and RMT union.   More...
04 January 2006 09:42

The GMB union has suspended strike action by British Gas engineers while talks take place at Acas.  More...
13 December 2005 13:30

British Gas has offered to go to conciliation service Acas to try and end industrial action over the closure of the company’s pension scheme to new staff  More...
12 December 2005 17:09

Much has changed in the 30 years since the formation of conciliation service Acas.  More...
07 December 2005 13:00

Alex Blyth finds out why the DTI is so optimistic about the latest national agreement in the printing industry.  More...
06 December 2005 09:44

Conciliation service Acas has launched a new free online learning course to help employers understand and prevent bullying in the workplace  More...
07 November 2005 10:44

Half of workers say their employers dont communicate well, and 60% of them plan to jump ship   More...
30 September 2005 07:22

Conciliation service Acas has published a corporate plan which outlines its three-year strategy  More...
30 August 2005 12:15

The catering firm at the centre of the travel chaos at Heathrow airport considered provoking strikes last year to replace staff with cheaper labour, a leaked memo reveals  More...
15 August 2005 10:45

Talks aimed at resolving the industrial dispute that has grounded BA flights at Heathrow airport are to be held at Acas.  More...
12 August 2005 14:40

Broadcast union Bectu is urging workers at NTL to vote in favour of collective representaion.  More...
12 August 2005 12:33

PCS Union calls on Acas to abide by Information and Consultation Regulations   More...
01 August 2005 09:30

There has been a dramatic fall in the number of cases making it to employment tribunal.  More...
12 July 2005 13:53

The BBC and trade unions have agreed to mediation at Acas to try to resolve their dispute over job cuts. Bectu, Amicus and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) took a first day of action on Monday over plans to cut almost 4,000 jobs in a move aimed  More...
24 May 2005 17:35

Conciliation service Acas is to cut both staff and offices in the wake of a government decision to slash its budget by 16% over three years  More...
05 April 2005 00:00

A landmark decision, which could result in £300m compensation for female NHS workers, recently highlighted differences in pay between men and women  More...
01 March 2005 08:00

Finance union Amicus is meeting Lloyds TSB bank to try to resolve a pay dispute which the union claims has seen up to 8,500 staff face a three-year pay freeze.  More...
26 January 2005 09:10

Question marks still hang over a £119m outsourcing deal between Swansea City Council and business consultants and outsourcing specialist Capgemini because issues over the transfer of IT staff, which sparked strike action from council workers last year  More...
07 January 2005 12:05

Acas has developed a free online learning package to help businesses and organisations understand and put together contracts of employment in the workplace. In 2003, Acas received 8,271 applications to employment tribunals relating to breach of contra  More...
06 December 2004 14:34

Arbitration service Acas has launched a free online learning package to help businesses and organisations manage redundancies in the workplace. In 2003, Acas received 4,386 applications to employment tribunals relating to redundancy pay, and 103 requ  More...
30 November 2004 14:40

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) has launched a new booklet to assist employers with policies helping working parents to achieve a greater work-life balance. The booklet Parents at work explains how helping working parents c  More...
17 November 2004 08:00

Staff at rail-freight company EWS are to be consulted on stepping up their industrial action over jobs, working hours and conditions after talks with the company at the arbitration service Acas broke down without a resolution. The 1,300 engineering an  More...
12 November 2004 00:00