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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.


    • Acas
    • NHS
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Disputed junior doctors’ contract to be phased in

    by Rob Moss 7 Jul 2016
    by Rob Moss 7 Jul 2016

    The Department of Health has said it will phase in the new contract for junior doctors from October, despite doctors’...

    • Acas
    • Early conciliation
    • Employment tribunals

    MPs recommend substantial cut to employment tribunal fees

    by Rob Moss 20 Jun 2016
    by Rob Moss 20 Jun 2016

    A committee of MPs has concluded that the introduction of employment tribunal fees has had a “significant adverse impact” on...

    • Acas
    • Employee relations
    • Early conciliation

    Seven out of 10 tribunals avoided through early conciliation

    by Jo Faragher 23 May 2016
    by Jo Faragher 23 May 2016

    Early conciliation has helped to avoid seven out of 10 potential employment tribunal hearings, Acas has found.
    The workplace conciliation...

    • Acas
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Mental health conditions

    Workplace bullying: Acas publishes analysis of helpline calls

    by Clare Allerton 16 Nov 2015
    by Clare Allerton 16 Nov 2015

    An Acas study has revealed that workplace bullying is becoming more common across the UK and many employees are too afraid to speak up.

    • Acas
    • Early conciliation
    • Employment tribunals

    Responding to an employment tribunal claim: five tips for employers

    by Susie Munro 23 Jul 2015
    by Susie Munro 23 Jul 2015

    When an employer receives an employment tribunal claim, it needs to act quickly and carefully to put itself in the...

    • Acas
    • Early conciliation
    • Employment tribunals

    Half of early conciliation cases avoid tribunal

    by Jo Faragher 7 Jul 2015
    by Jo Faragher 7 Jul 2015

    Almost half of claimants who have used the Acas early conciliation service in the year since it launched have avoided...

    • Acas
    • Tribunal Watch
    • Early conciliation

    Tribunal watch: Employment tribunals get tough on early conciliation requirement

    by Stephen Simpson 26 May 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 26 May 2015

    Two recent employment tribunal decisions, upheld by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), suggest that tribunals will take a dim view...

    • Acas
    • Employee relations
    • Employment law

    Disciplinary procedures: 10 common breaches of the Acas code of practice

    by Stephen Simpson 15 Apr 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 15 Apr 2015

    In unfair dismissal claims, employment tribunals take the “Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures” into account where...

    • Acas
    • Agency workers
    • Employment contracts

    Agency workers often unaware of rights, Acas research reveals

    by Rob Moss 19 Mar 2015
    by Rob Moss 19 Mar 2015

    Research published today has shown that agency workers are often unaware of their employment rights and are afraid of raising...

    • Acas
    • Early conciliation

    Early conciliation boosted by holiday pay decisions, says Acas

    by Jo Faragher 5 Mar 2015
    by Jo Faragher 5 Mar 2015

    The number of notifications Acas received from workers considering an employment tribunal claim rose sharply after the recent landmark decisions...

    • Acas
    • Early conciliation
    • Settlement agreements

    Majority of employers pay Acas settlements “without enforcement”

    by Claire Scullin 6 Feb 2015
    by Claire Scullin 6 Feb 2015

    More than nine Acas-mediated settlements in 10 were paid in full without needing to resort to enforcement procedures, new research ...

    • Acas
    • Employee relations
    • Employee communications

    Personnel Today Awards 2014 winners: First Great Western excels in Employee Relations

    by Jo Faragher 4 Dec 2014
    by Jo Faragher 4 Dec 2014

    First Great Western took the 2014 Personnel Today Award for Excellence in Employee Relations at last month’s ceremony in central...

    • Acas
    • Bereavement

    Managing bereavement in the workplace

    by Matthew Howse and Lee Harding 5 Nov 2014
    by Matthew Howse and Lee Harding 5 Nov 2014

    As Benjamin Franklin once said, nothing in this life is certain, except death and taxes. So it is unsurprising that...

    • Discontinuous shared parental leave
    • Acas
    • Shared parental leave

    Acas launches new guide to shared parental leave

    by Jo Faragher 14 Oct 2014
    by Jo Faragher 14 Oct 2014

    The conciliation service Acas has today published a new guide to shared parental leave (SPL).
    It aims to help employers...

    • Acas
    • Bereavement

    Acas produces new guidance on managing bereavement

    by Jo Faragher 18 Sep 2014
    by Jo Faragher 18 Sep 2014

    Conciliation service Acas has published a new guide on managing bereavement in the workplace.
    Developed in partnership with Cruse Bereavement...

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