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.
A police petition to stop the Home Office “interfering” in the negotiation of police pay has more than 11,000 signatories...
Members of broadcasting union Bectu at the Ritzy cinema in Brixton have voted to accept an improved pay offer from...
The Times scored some points last week in its ongoing battle with the Daily Telegraph for Guru’s breakfast-time attention. To...
Car manufacturer Vauxhall has insisted jobs are not at risk despite an investigation by the European Commission into an £8.5m...
Poor timekeeping, unauthorised absence and poor performance levels are rife in the average workplace, according to research by Personnel Today’s...
Responses to the Gibbons Review from employer and worker groups have given an insight into how dispute resolution legislation might look in the...
HR practitioners have little confidence that government plans to repeal the statutory disputes resolution regulations will make life any easier,...
HR practitioners predict a one in five chance that their organisation will be involved in a collective dispute with their...
Julian Yew looks at the statutory procedures governing disciplinary, dismissal and grievance issues, and some forthcoming changes.
EXCLUSIVETUCÂ leader Brendan Barber has insisted the employment tribunal system is “sensible”, despite a massive rise in the number of...
The Gibbons Report on reviewing employment dispute resolution practice represents a compelling call for a change in the way employment tribunals...
The Gibbons Review wants alternative dispute resolutions to reduce the escalating number of cases going to tribunal.
Government proposals for greater use of mediation in resolving workplace disputes will fail unless arbitration service Acas receives more funding,...
The government has been criticised for allowing increasing numbers of foreign workers on British ships in the wake of the...
A more direct path through the revised employment dispute resolution is needed.
