The return of our monthly format for employment law updates sees new cases on whether a failure to carry out ACAS Early Conciliation is fatal to claims progressing, whether a claimant after ...

As we reported in March this year, a new scheme came into force on 6 April 2014 which requires a prospective claimant to contact Acas (the UK employment conciliation service) before they can bring a ...

The window for entering early conciliation with Acas will be doubled from six to 12 weeks from next month. The Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) ...

The introduction of early conciliation next month offers a welcome intervention in the rising tally of workplace disputes Under current employment practices, when employer and employee cannot make ...

The Acas early conciliation process could lead to a rise in "vexatious and frivolous claims" against employers, according to a leading employment legal advisor. The early conciliation is one of a raft ...

Demand for the new Acas early conciliation (EC) service may be limited, employment lawyers have warned. The EC scheme, due to be introduced on 1 April 2014, will require claimants to obtain a ...

Acas has published its first quarterly update on Early Conciliation which shows that 17,145 people have used the new service between 6 April and the end of June 2014. Around 1,000 people contacted ...

SWEEPING changes to conciliation rules that require workers and bosses to first try to settle disputes through the new ACAS early conciliation system carry significant risks for employees, an ...

Acas could be "heading for a car crash" with its Early Conciliation service, a lawyer has warned, as the organisation may not be equipped to deal with a vast number of requests. Speaking at a Jelf ...

Employers and their staff successfully using Acas's early conciliation service might make the government rethink the level that they set tribunal fees, according to Kingsley Napley head of employment ...