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Acas annual report shows increase in tribunal claims

The Acas annual report for 2008/09 , published this week, shows that the recession has caused a significant increase in the number of employment tribunal claims, with an increase of 18% in the number of claims referred to Acas for conciliation. Most strikingly...

Published 24 Jul 2009 3:41 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee relations, grievances, disciplinary procedures, acas, tribunals, conciliation

CIPD and Acas publish tips on how to be a better boss

Acas and CIPD have produced the "five-a-day" fundamentals of good people management, aiming to highlight the importance of people management skills in helping to raise productivity. The five management fundamentals, with practical tips on "how...

Published 15 Jun 2009 11:47 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: training and development, acas, hr policy and strategy, cipd, line managers

Do we have to put a disciplinary process on hold if the employee subsequently raises a grievance?

Employer instigates disciplinary process. Employee promptly raises grievance. Few employers will be lucky enough not to have come across this situation. In many cases their response is to put the disciplinary process on hold until they have dealt with...

Published 17 Apr 2009 1:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, employee rights, contracts of employment, grievances, disciplinary procedures, acas

Can the 2009 Acas discipline and grievance code live up to Acas's expectations?

Writing in an article on the Times website , the Acas dispute resolution review programme manager refers to the repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures in April 2009 as having the "potential to have a positive and wide-ranging impact...

Published 30 Mar 2009 7:27 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: grievances, dispute resolution, disciplinary procedures, acas, dismissal, witness

IRS discipline and grievance masterclass

It's always good to get out to a conference, sit in a room of HR professionals and hear exactly what's concerning them - and yesterday's IRS discipline and grievance masterclass at the Cumberland Hotel in London was no exception. Read More...

Published 27 Mar 2009 7:03 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, employee rights, information sources, grievances, dispute resolution, disciplinary procedures, acas, sickness, mediation

Model disciplinary procedure updated for 6 April 2009

With the new "Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" having been finalised , now is the ideal time to review your disciplinary procedure in advance of the repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures. XpertHR's...

Published 26 Mar 2009 9:31 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee rights, disciplinary procedures, acas

Parliament approves Acas disciplinary and grievance code

The new Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures [on the Acas website] has been approved by Parliament. The code, which comes into force on 6 April 2009, sets out the principles for handling disciplinary and grievance procedures...

Published 13 Mar 2009 2:26 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, employee rights, employee relations, grievances, disciplinary procedures, acas

Have you updated your grievance procedures for 6 April 2009?

If you are reviewing your grievance procedures in advance of the repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures and the introduction of the new "Code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" on 6 April 2009, look no further...

Published 11 Mar 2009 11:32 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee rights, grievances, acas

Employers' questions on the repeal of the statutory discipline and grievance procedures - the answers

Last week I mentioned we'd been gathering questions from employers on the repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures on 6 April. The answers [subscription required] to the following questions have now been published on XpertHR: Read More...

Published 11 Mar 2009 10:17 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, employee rights, redundancy, grievances, disciplinary procedures, acas, dismissal, fixed-term contracts

Employers' questions on the repeal of the statutory discipline and grievance procedures

We've been gathering together employers' questions about the repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures on 6 April, and the new Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures. What have they been asking? Well, some of...

Published 6 Mar 2009 6:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, employee rights, grievances, disciplinary procedures, acas

Acas helpline can't cope with demand

Another sign of turbulent times in UK workplaces - the advisory and conciliation service Acas has just announced that, due to extremely heavy demand, some callers are finding they are unable to get through to their helpline . Read More...

Published 13 Nov 2008 4:18 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee relations, acas

Equal pay complaints overtake unfair dismissal complaints

The Acas annual report for 2007-08 shows a massive increase in the number of cases received for conciliation, with the number of equal pay complaints received outstripping the traditionally most popular complaint, unfair dismissal, by more than 15,000...

Published 29 Jul 2008 9:11 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, equal pay, employee relations, acas, tribunals, conciliation

Draft Acas guidance on workplace discipline and grievances

Having issued a new, non-prescriptive, draft statutory Code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures in May, Acas has now published a draft of its proposed accompanying non-statutory guidance . Read More...

Published 13 Jun 2008 1:07 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, employee rights, grievances, dispute resolution, disciplinary procedures, acas

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