Acas reports record number of individual conciliation cases

Acas' s 2009/10 annual report shows that it dealt with over 900 collective disputes in the past year. The majority – 94% - of cases, including high profile disputes such as Royal Mail and Milford Haven Port Authority, were either resolved or the parties were moved towards a resolution.

 

The report also shows that Acas dealt with over 85,000 employment tribunal cases for individual conciliation, an overall increase of 13% from 2008/2009 and the highest number ever. While the figu... (228 more words)

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