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.
Employees at the Office for National Statistics have voted to strike in protest against a return-to-office mandate.
The musicians have now been offered seven months of guaranteed work, a minimum redundancy payment and improvements to their new contracts.
HR analysts at Gartner have revealed nine workplace trends they believe will dominate 2024.
Junior doctors in Wales have voted to strike as the UK government and the British Medical Association (BMA) reach a pay deal for specialist doctors.
As organisations deal with disputes and wellbeing issues, demand for employee relations managers is high.
The RMT union and train operators have reached an agreement which could potentially end their long-running dispute over pay and job security.
Local governments have reached an agreement with unions over their 2023/24 pay deal, which will be backdated to 1 April.
Is the decision by Network Rail to not award bonuses to striking workers legal, and how might this impact industrial relations?
A specialist doctors committee that forms part of the British Medical Association could also vote for strike action.
Junior doctors in Scotland have accepted the latest pay deal from the Scottish government, ending their industrial dispute.
Real-terms pay has plummeted in the public sector, says the Resolution Foundation, fuelling strikes.
Unite sounds dissenting voice over Labour's National Policy Forum
Royal Mail workers have accepted a deal to end a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions.
The NASUWT has voted in favour of further teaching strikes or industrial action in the autumn.
The RMT union has announced a week of "rolling strikes" later in July in a dispute over pay, pensions and working conditions.
