ACAS To Conciliate In Employment Appeals Tribunal Cases

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Acas has announced its extension of conciliation to Employment Appeals Tribunal cases. This service will not apply to all cases, but those where:

a) the worker and employer still have some sort of ongoing relationship

b) where a case might otherwise be referred back to an employment tribunal

c) the appeals concern monetary awards.

ACAS involvement sees 75% of cases settled or withdrawn before reaching a hearing at the employment tribunal.

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Lawyers routinely use the threat of high costs to intimidate workers into giving up their claims at an early stage in a case. Apart from the psychological impact on claimants, this tactic often works and workers do withdraw their claims. Those representing workers' interests need to bring political pressure to bear to end this. As is the case in the Small Claims Court, the use of legal professionals in employment tribunals should not be encouraged .

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