The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case of Industrious Ltd v (1) Horizon Recruitment Ltd (2) Vincent has shown that employment tribunals do have the jurisdiction to determine the validity of a Compromise Agreement.
Mrs Vincent was managing director of Horizon. When the firm was about to undergo a TUPE transfer to Industrious, she agreed to [...]

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With the results of a new survey of 500 small business managers clearly showing that mediation is often not seen as a viable option by SMEs, Acas has urged businesses to reappraise their view of this underused process.
The survey revealed that only 7% of businesses had used mediation and that 52% believed that mediation was [...]

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A recent survey reported in Personnel Today has determined that mediation is not being widely used by employers as a means of resolving workplace disputes.
Among the 136 companies surveyed, it was found that two out of three had never used mediation services. However, of those who had used mediation to tackle workplace conflict, 60% cited [...]

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