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.
Rail unions will call on the government today to stop operators cutting jobs.The RMT union will meet transport minister Geoff...
The Leeds NHS trust HR director has defended the organisation’s hiring policy, despite a 56-year-old worker being told she was...
Employees must leave their trades union or risk losing their jobs, a car transport firm has warned.Car logistics company Autologic...
Sunderland City Council is considering whether to appeal against an employment tribunal decision to award compensation to a section of...
Unions have warned they may not meet the deadline imposed by employers to negotiate this year’s 0.5% pay deal for...
Talks between Visteon and unions have broken down after the car plant offered a “very poor” deal for redundant workers,...
The Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures will be ushered in by the new Employment Act in April 2009 . This will see the disastrous 2004 statutory dismissal and grievance procedures relegated to the role of guidelines, and mediation given a much higher profile - albeit informally.
In the second of our two-part special looking at the new employment law which comes into force in April, we focus on one of the most significant changes: the repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures.
Angry workers who believe companies are not doing enough to support them during the recession could increasingly resort to staging...
The UK’s opt-out of the Working Time Directive remains in place for now, after talks in Brussels broke up without...
A ‘protest specialist’ HR chief has landed a £100,000 contract to placate angry rioters expected at the G20 summit in London...
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We hear from Acas chairman Ed Sweeney about next month’s introduction of a new disciplinary...
The new Acas code of practice will not necessarily result in reduced employment tribunal claims. With just two weeks...
Acas’s new workplace problem-solving process, a less prescriptive approach to dealing with grievance and disciplinary cases, comes into force on...
UK firms are employing unscrupulous practices to push people out of the workplace and avoid redundancy costs, the GMB union...
