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Jane Bird Acas Director

Jane Bird Acas Director. Acas. Acas’ role is to: encourage people to work together more effectively prevent or resolve disputes between employers and their workforces settle complaints about employees' rights provide information, advice and training including Codes of Practice.

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Jane Bird Acas Director

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  1. Jane Bird Acas Director

  2. Acas Acas’ role is to: • encourage people to work together more effectively • prevent or resolve disputes between employers and their workforces • settle complaints about employees' rights • provide information, advice and training including Codes of Practice

  3. Acas Codes of Practice • Disclosure of information to trade unions for collective bargaining purposes • Time of for trade union duties and activities • Disciplinary and grievance procedures (1977, 2000, 2004, 2009)

  4. Code of Practice- Discipline and Grievance • A shorter, principles based Code • Consultation exercise - 172 responses • More detailed non-statutory guidance in separate document

  5. Code of Practice- Discipline and Grievance • Code consists of three sections • Introduction • Section dealing with disciplinary issues • Section dealing with grievances • Also has a foreword - not part of the statutory Code

  6. Key elements of new Code • Deal with issues promptly - meetings and decisions should not be unduly delayed • Employers and employees should act consistently • Appropriate investigations should be made, to establish the facts of the case

  7. Key elements of new Code • Inform employee of the problem • Opportunity to put case before decision made • Right to be accompanied at any disciplinary or grievance meeting • An employee should be allowed to appeal against any formal decision

  8. Handling disciplinary cases • Establish the facts of each case • Inform employee of the problem • Hold a meeting with the employee • Allow the employee to be accompanied

  9. Handling disciplinary cases • Decide on appropriate action • Provide an opportunity for employee to appeal • Special cases – TU lay officials and potential criminal offences

  10. Handling an employee grievance • Employee to let employer know nature of problem • Hold meeting with employee to discuss problem • Allow employee to be accompanied

  11. Handling an employee grievance • Decide on appropriate action • Allow employee to take grievance further if not resolved • Overlap of disciplinary and grievance situations

  12. Code of Practice - Discipline and Grievance • New Code came into effect on 6 April • Transitional arrangements • Employment Tribunals must take Code into account • Potential uplift or reduction – up to 25% for unreasonable failure to comply with Code

  13. Acas action on DRR agenda • New approach to dispute resolution is more than just a revised discipline and grievance Code • Significant investment to help support new approach

  14. Acas action on DRR agenda • New enhanced Acas helpline • Pre-claim conciliation • Mediation • Post-claim conciliation

  15. Final thoughts • Changing culture for resolving disputes • Resolution in the workplace not in the courtroom

  16. Any Questions? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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