Alternative dispute resolution describes a range of techniques that involve a neutral third party helping to resolve a dispute between two parties, before recourse to courts or tribunals is necessary. Types of alternative dispute resolution include arbitration, conciliation, mediation and early neutral evaluation.
No matter what business you are in – managing staff brings with it challenges, problems and stresses. Even if you...
Punch-ups and threatening behaviour top the list of reasons for disciplinary action following the staff Christmas party, according to a...
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Six months since its implementation, the code will soon start to show its mettle in court.
Firefighters in Lincolnshire have reached an agreement with their employers over plans to change working hours, averting any threat of...
Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have today resumed talks in an attempt to avert a second wave...
Strike action at British Airways (BA) is likely, unless a compromise can be reached at a meeting on Monday, unions representing...
Almost 200 women workers pursuing equal pay claims against their employer, Cumbria County Council, have accepted an offer to settle,...
Postal unions have warned that they may launch a 10-day rolling strike across the country, which could begin as early...
The RMT has called off a planned one-day strike on the Victoria line over changes to Underground train drivers’ working...
An HR manager is among four senior staff members at a London school facing disciplinary action for allegedly stealing £1.6m...
A KPMG director has been convicted of stealing £545,000 through expenses claims and could now be jailed.Andrew Wetherell submitted the...
Workers on one of the main rail lines into London have today begun another two-day strike in a long-running dispute...
Thomas Cook travel agency staff in Dublin have been arrested for staging a sit-in to protest over the closure of...
Pilot tests of judicial mediation – an alternative approach to settling employment disputes before reaching court – have been reported...
