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Acas is an independent and impartial organisation that does not side with a particular party, but rather will help the parties to reach suitable resolutions in a dispute. Today, the employment world has mostly moved away from large-scale industrial disputes that characterised the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, when Acas became a household name.
Section 10 creates a right for employees to be accompanied to disciplinary or grievance meetings by a companion of their choice provided that the chosen companion is a member of one of the following categories: a paid official of a trade union; an unpaid official of a trade union who is certified as competent to act as a companion; or
This was put into the Weimar Constitution article 165, and resulted in a work council law in 1920, [38] and a board representation law in 1922. [39] The fascist government abolished codetermination in 1934, but after World War II, German unions again made collective agreements to resurrect work councils and board representation. These ...
Mediation provides the opportunity for parties to agree terms and resolve issues by themselves, without the need for legal representation or court hearings. [52] Not all disputes lend themselves well to mediation. Success is unlikely unless: [53] [54] All parties are ready and willing to participate. All (or no) parties have legal representation.
On 28 June, GPs at the Annual General Meeting of the British Medical Association voted to take industrial action over new contracts requiring them to work on weekday evenings and Saturdays. [138] On 30 August, and following an emergency meeting of its members, the British Medical Association announced plans to ballot junior doctors on ...
The meeting led to an agreement to undergo conciliation through Acas, the UK's national industrial dispute conciliation body. UCU tabled and published a set of proposals which it argued was consistent with the majority of UUK members' positions in USS's earlier consultation, but strikes were not called off.
People working at night may only work 8 hours in any 24-hour period on average, or simply 8 hours at most if the work is classified as "hazardous". [118] Moreover, every worker must receive at least 11 consecutive hours of rest in a 24-hour period, and in every day workers must have at least a 20-minute break in any 6-hour period. [ 119 ]
The election procedure was simplified, an "equality quota" (minimum seats for the gender in the minority, see electoral regulations Works Constitution Act § 15 WO) was introduced, the separation between blue-collar and white-collar workers was abolished, the exemption thresholds for works council members were lowered and the works council's ...