Acas North West

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Acas North West

• Peter Rabbitts Greater Manchester North
• Senior Adviser
• 01254 689236

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The role of Acas

• prevent or resolve disputes between employers and
  their workforces
• settle complaints about employees' rights
• provide information, advice and training
• encourage people to work together more effectively

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Collective conciliation

• We help parties in dispute to reach or make
  progress towards agreed settlements which they
  all find acceptable

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Projects in individual workplaces

• Our advisers work with organisations to make
  their workplace more effective through better
  employment relations

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Individual conciliation

• settle complaints about employees rights
• nearly all complaints to employment tribunals
  come to Acas

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Advisory

• We provide impartial information and advice

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Training

• Key points on employing people designed for small
  businesses
• In depth sessions on employment issues for HR
  specialists
• Training specially designed for individual
  workplaces
• 1,828 training sessions were held in 2002/03

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Employment Act changes

• new code
• fixed period conciliation

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ACAS Code of Practice

• takes account of new legislation
• effective from 1.10.04
• blend in new with existing guidance
• plain language
• deals with discipline and grievance

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Fixed period conciliation

• limits on conciliation period
• acas duty becomes power
• the reasonably practical test
• will of parliament
• policy on web site

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The role of Acas

• More information
• Acas Help line
• 0845 747 4747
• www.acas.org.uk
• www.dti.gov.uk
• www.tiger.gov.uk

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