The reform to the Employment Act 2008, adopted in November 2008, led to simpler procedures on dispute resolution, stronger employment agency liability, and better minimum wage implementation. This article looks at the Act's impact on the UK labor market in the area of dispute resolution and deterrents to employment agency non-compliance. (Ref. 081012)
Dispute resolution simplified. The most important aspect of the new Employment Act 2008 concerns changes to the current dispute resolution system. The impetus for these changes came from the 2007-published Gibbons Review (see our dispatch No. 061244) which kicked off a three-month public consultation investigating widespread criticism from the social partners (see our dispatch No. 070284). Indeed, they complained that the existing system demonstrated a tendency for exacerbating disagreements which could otherwise have been solved quickly through mediation, consultation or other forms of alternative grievance resolution rather than being escalated to a full tribunal hearing.
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