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.
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...
The angry scenes at the Mini plant in Cowley may have left BMW employees fretting about their livelihoods, but they...
Q I have just heard that on the 6 April the statutory dispute resolution procedures will change. I may need...
Pilots working for BMI will meet this week to decide whether to accept a temporary deal with their employer which,...
More than 100 new jobs for British workers have been created at the Lindsey Oil Refinery in Lincolnshire, ending the...
More than 100 new jobs for British workers could be created at the Lindsey Oil Refinery in Lincolnshire, bringing an...
Job losses continue to dominate the headlines as businesses scrabble to save money. But there are plenty of alternatives to...
Wildcat strikes in support of protests over the use of foreign labour show no sign of ending, despite the adverse...
Workers at two nuclear plants have taken part in ‘sympathy strikes’ in support of protests over the use of foreign...
Most religious discrimination cases involve allegations of either bullying/harassment or indirect discrimination, where claimants argue that a workplace policy, procedure...
