The early conciliation service launches on 6 April 2014. It means that anyone wishing to make an employment tribunal claim needs to contact Acas first. Acas will try and resolve the dispute. If a resolution cannot be found through early conciliation, Acas will provide an “early conciliation certificate” which is required to take the claim to the employment tribunal.
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A committee of MPs has concluded that the introduction of employment tribunal fees has had a “significant adverse impact” on...
Early conciliation has helped to avoid seven out of 10 potential employment tribunal hearings, Acas has found.
The workplace conciliation...
When an employer receives an employment tribunal claim, it needs to act quickly and carefully to put itself in the...
Almost half of claimants who have used the Acas early conciliation service in the year since it launched have avoided...
Two recent employment tribunal decisions, upheld by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT), suggest that tribunals will take a dim view...
The number of notifications Acas received from workers considering an employment tribunal claim rose sharply after the recent landmark decisions...
More than nine Acas-mediated settlements in 10 were paid in full without needing to resort to enforcement procedures, new research ...
In a case report from Blake Morgan, an employment tribunal found that an initial failure to follow the Acas early...
Early conciliation is being used by around 1,600 people per week, according to statistics from Acas released today.
In its...
Acas says it has been contacted by around 4,000 people about early conciliation since it launched the service
Employers’ questions on the Acas early conciliation process, which was introduced on 6 April 2014, were the most popular FAQs...
Two-thirds of HR professionals welcome last week’s introduction of early conciliation, the new Acas scheme that aims to resolve disputes...
From 6 May 2014, potential claimants will not be able to lodge an employment tribunal claim without first notifying Acas...
Clarion’s John Robinson looks at how the introduction of Acas early conciliation may affect the employment tribunal process.
On 6...
A fundamental difference for employers under the early conciliation regime is that they may first be alerted to a potential...
