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Employment Tribunal Service Streamlined by Compromise

When they have a greivence in the workplace, over one in ten employees prefer to negotiate a compromise agreement with their employer rather than go to an employment tribunal.

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) has documented evidence which shows that changes i implemented in April to the way employment greivances are handled, have successfully streamlined employment disputes and created more desirable outcomes.

The new legislation provides that an employee thinking of taking their employer to an employment tribunal, must first inform Acas of the situation and their intention to do so. Acas will then ask the employee if they would be interested in negotiating with their employment for a compromise agreement or settlement.

Acas will then act as a broker between employee and emplor to negotiate a compromise agreement, however the employer must also agree to negotiate for this porcess to take place.

The Acas data also reveals that in the first quarter the conciliation service received a total of 17,145 workplace disputes.Only 7 per cent of employees making these complaints refused to negotiate, similarly only 9 per cent of employers refused to go to negotiation.

Chief Executive at Acas, Ann Sharp said:

“Early conciliation has got off to a good start and has given us the chance to help more people resolve their disputes early. [The scheme] has only been running for three months and it is still too soon to give a comprehensive analysis of the full impact... but early indications are very positive.”

 

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