Mandatory conciliation before going to court, no more methodology discrimination questionnaire causing HR managers to go crazy, or even increase in parental pay: on April, like every year around that time, UK law is going to undergo several amendments that will, as usual, come into force a few weeks after the budget is released on March 19.
On the 2014 menu of these traditional spring changes for HRDs: the arrival of a new conciliation system before lodging a complaint, aiming to relieve employment tribunals and to avoid useless procedures (see article No. 8258). Starting on April 6, all employees who want to press charges against their company will first have to turn to the Acas arbitration service, which will look for common ground to avoid going to court. If no solution is found, Acas will give the plaintiff a...
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