Great Britain : the government launches consultation on the settlement of labour disputes

The consultation will end by June, 20 and will probably lead to a reform proposal by the government.
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ctions, has indicated a series of malfunctions and called for in-depth reform. Many suggestions in the report have been included in a consultation document which should lead to reform of labour legislation in the near future. The government targets three objectives : facilitate the settlement of disputes in the workplace; promote recourse to alternative ways of disputes’ settlement and reform labour jurisdictions for greater efficiency. (Ref. 070284)

According to the consultation document, a lab

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