Dispute management – It’s good to talk

Posted on 16 Nov 2009 by The Manufacturer

If scarce credit, curtailed insurance, cautious consumer spending, indefinite market uncertainty, slashed investment budgets and all the rest of it wasn’t quite enough, there’s something else that manufacturers might have to suffer during the credit crunch; recessions provide optimum breeding conditions for disputes, says Mark Young.

The way in which workplace disputes are dealt with changed in April of this year, following the Dispute Resolution Review – an independent study commissioned by the then Secretary of Trade and Industry Alistair Darling. The Review recommended a host of changes to the way that ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) – the independent…

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