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Acas

Acas stands for Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. The aim of Acas is to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations. They help with employment relations by supplying up-to-date information, independent advice and high quality training, and working with employers and employees to solve problems and improve performance.

Although largely funded by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Acas is a non-departmental body, governed by an independent Council. This allows them to be independent, impartial and confidential.


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    Acas staff in strike vote over delayed pay talks

    by Mike Berry 12 Aug 2008
    by Mike Berry 12 Aug 2008

    Staff at Acas have begun voting in a ballot which could see strike action hit the conciliation service.More than 630...

    • Acas
    • Employee relations
    • Employment law

    Equal pay tops list of Acas referrals from tribunals

    by Mike Berry 31 Jul 2008
    by Mike Berry 31 Jul 2008

    Equal pay has overtaken unfair dismissal for the first time as the most popular grounds for tribunal claims passed to...

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    Acas deals with 25% more tribunal claims

    by Mike Berry 29 Jul 2008
    by Mike Berry 29 Jul 2008

    Conciliation service Acas dealt with 25% more employment tribunal claims last year, its annual report has revealed.Acas was passed 203,184...

    • Acas
    • Employee relations
    • Dispute resolution

    Petrol strikes may be averted as unions hold last-minute talks with employers

    by Mike Berry 11 Jun 2008
    by Mike Berry 11 Jun 2008

    Last-minute talks to avert a potential strike that could result in petrol shortages across the UK are being held.Unions representing...

    • Acas
    • Employee relations
    • Dispute resolution

    Employers shy away from workplace mediation

    by Guy Logan 10 Jun 2008
    by Guy Logan 10 Jun 2008

    Two-thirds of employers have never used mediation to settle workplace disputes, research has found.Research by law firm Dundas & Wilson...

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    Acas launches new draft code of practice on discipline and grievance

    by Louisa Peacock 6 May 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 6 May 2008

    A new code of practice on discipline and grievance has been launched for consultation by Acas, the advisory and conciliation...

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    Acas launches new website

    by Mike Berry 29 Apr 2008
    by Mike Berry 29 Apr 2008

    Acas has revamped its website with new features for for HR professionals, employers and employees. The advice and conciliation service’s...

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    Acas risks losing credibility if staff strikes go ahead

    by Mike Berry 7 Mar 2008
    by Mike Berry 7 Mar 2008

    Acas risks damaging its long-standing reputation in resolving workplace disputes unless it can quickly settle a row over pay, according...

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    • Employment law

    Acas – the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

    by Personnel Today 20 Feb 2008
    by Personnel Today 20 Feb 2008

    Acas, or the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service is an organisation which aims to improve working life through better employment...

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    Acas bullish about meeting new demand for mediation

    by Louisa Peacock 11 Feb 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 11 Feb 2008

    Acas chief Ed Sweeney has insisted the service will rise to the challenge of growing demand from employers when the...

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    • Dispute resolution

    Employment tribunal clampdown as Acas receives £37m government boost

    by Louisa Peacock 6 Feb 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 6 Feb 2008

    Business secretary John Hutton is to clamp down on unnecessary employment tribunals by throwing millions of pounds at conciliation service...

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    Acas saves UK economy £800m a year by resolving workplace disputes

    by Mike Berry 15 Nov 2007
    by Mike Berry 15 Nov 2007

    The arbitration and conciliation service Acas saves employers, employees and the taxpayer almost £800m a year, according to a new...

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    Outgoing Acas chair calls on government to value the conciliation service

    by Mike Berry 8 Oct 2007
    by Mike Berry 8 Oct 2007

    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.

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    Employers give thumbs up to Ed Sweeney as new Acas chair

    by Mike Berry 18 Sep 2007
    by Mike Berry 18 Sep 2007

    The appointment of a life-long trade unionist as the new chair of conciliation service Acas has been welcomed by employers.Ed...

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    Ed Sweeney, former deputy general secretary of union Amicus, to chair Acas

    by Gareth Vorster 11 Sep 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 11 Sep 2007

    Conciliation service Acas has appointed Ed Sweeney as its new chairman.Sweeney replaces Rita Donaghy who has served as chair since...

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