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New legislation

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 6 2009

Transitional arrangements have been published for the statutory procedures on discipline and grievance and the Acas Code replacing them from 6 April 2009

EAT imposes a penalty of £55,000 for failure to inform and consult under ICE Regs 2004

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 29 2007

The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) ruled against Macmillan Publishers for failing to respond properly to an employee request for information, failing to initiate negotiations for a negotiated I&C body following a valid request, and failing to hold a ballot to elect the relevant number of I&C reps where the standard I&C provisions applied

Settlement: Acas conciliation

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 7 2008

Acas conciliation will now be available throughout the life of all tribunal claims

Draft Acas code on disciplinary and grievance procedures

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 7 2008

The 2004 statutory dismissal and grievance procedures are due to be repealed and replaced with a revised Acas Code of Practice on discipline and grievance

Discrimination: arbitrators protected

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 9 2010

A recent Court of Appeal decision has extended the category of individuals protected by discrimination laws and put in doubt the validity of many arbitration clauses

Discrimination and arbitration: where EU law clashes with the freedom of the arbitral process

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 29 2010

On 22 June 2010, the English Court of Appeal made a ruling with potentially wide-ranging repercussions in the context of parties' freedom to choose their arbitral tribunal

New guidance on workplace mediation produced by the TUC and ACAS

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 31 2011

In a newly published document entitled "Mediation: A guide for trade union representatives", ACAS and the TUC provide guidance in relation to the use of mediation in workplace disputes, with a view to raising awareness amongst trade union representatives of the benefits of mediation

Government publishes research on judicial mediation in employment tribunals

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 8 2011

The Ministry of Justice has published the results of an evaluation of the judicial mediation service piloted in three regions of England by the Employment Tribunal Service

Employment status: reality of relationship trumps contractual terms; arbitrators not employees under discrimination law

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 5 2011

The Supreme Court has confirmed that the employment status of an individual will be determined by the reality of their relationship with the employer

Doing it by the (Face)book: the ACAS guidelines to social networking

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 7 2011

Following new research from the Institute for Employment Studies, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) has released guidelines for employers on how to approach the expanding use of social networking in the workplace

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