Two years after the introduction of the mandatory ‘Early Conciliation’ system, under which one of the parties in a dispute must contact Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) before a claim can be issued in the employment tribunal, the public body announced that seventy-one percent of claimants avoided having to go to court.
One year previously, the equivalent number was only 48% (c.f. article No. 9718), so that now two years after the mandatory system, which is free to all, was introduced 71% of cases now avoid the courts.
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