A third of people with an eating disorder face discrimination at work | Wales. City HR Association. Paul Hucknall Chairman John F Renz Vice Chair Andrea Eccles Board Director David Barnett Honorary Treasurer Louise Batchelor Board Director Ben Higgins Board Member Nick Hurley Board Member Karin Rehacek Board Director Charlotte Sweeney Board Member Barbara Turner Board Director Stephen Sidebottom Senior Advisor Marc Hoodless Senior Advisor Ian Nash Senior Advisor.
Evaluation of Acas Early Conciliation 2015. ‘Most litigants unaware of mediation as a viable option’ Mediation is an effective alternative dispute resolution (ADR) system, but it is beset by lack of awareness among the litigant public and even the legal fraternity, said Vinay Kumar Gupta, a mediation trainer from Delhi. Speaking at a training programme on mediation organised under the aegis of the Supreme Court Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (SC-MCPC) and the Krishna District Legal Services Authority (KDLSA) here on Saturday, Mr.
Gupta said mediation was aimed at making the parties to a dispute reach a settlement at the pre-litigation stage. Mediation brings down litigation expenditure drastically, but it is not preferred by many litigants due to lack of awareness, he added. “We see some cases dragging on in courts for generations. Such disputes can be settled amicably through mediation provided the legal intervention is made at the right time,” Mr. Metropolitan sessions judge R. Mediation brings down litigation expenditure drastically, says trainer 1. Showing his true colours in mediation. Would you keep going? - Women's Aid. Five important employment law cases in 2015... and five more to come. Equal pay could prove a key battleground in employment law We round up five significant employment case law decisions that have already been made in 2015, and look at five more important developments expected before the year is out.
Top five employment law decisions in 2015 So far in 2015 there have been notable employment law cases on: redundancy consultation; holiday pay; annual leave and sickness absence; whistleblowing; and indirect discrimination. 1. Usdaw and another v WW Realisation 1 Ltd (in liquidation) and others (the Woolworths case) (ECJ) Lyttle and others v Bluebird UK Bidco 2 Ltd (ECJ) In these significant employment law cases for large UK employers, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that collective redundancy consultation obligations are triggered when the number of proposed redundancies reaches 20 in one unit.
The ECJ said that the duty is not triggered when there are 20 redundancies across the whole organisation. 2. 3. Plumb v Duncan Print Group Ltd (EAT) 4. 5. 1. 2. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman reveals the biggest lie your employer tells you - and you tell them | Business News | News | The Independent. It’s your first day at a new company. Your manager welcomes you to “the family”. He says he hopes you’ll be with the company for many years to come. You return the compliment and reassure him that you never plan to leave.
But then you go to the HR department, where you learn about a 90-day probation period and a caveat in your contract that means that even after 90-days, you can be fired at any time. Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, has written a book about the “fundamental disconnect” of modern employment – where companies expect commitment without offering job security, and employees say they are loyal but leave when a better opportunity arises. The employer-employee relationship is based on a dishonest conversation, according to Mr Hoffman, that results in employers continually losing valuable people, while employees fail to fully invest in their job because they are looking for better opportunities. Mr Hoffman said that trust in the business world is at an all-time low. Have tribunal fees changed employer attitudes to employment issues?
The controversial introduction of tribunal fees has not affected employers' attitudes, according to attendees of a law firm's mock tribunal workshop. The introduction of fees in July 2013 sparked a fierce debate, with claims that it reassures employers that they were ‘safe to discriminate’ as employees will be unable to bring tribunal claims without significant financial resources. Delegates at Winckworth Sherwood’s seminar were clear this is not the case for them, as employers; their behaviour has not changed at all since the introduction of the fees.
The interactive seminar, co-hosted with Buzzacott, was attended by 50 HR leaders from a variety of sectors including education, real estate, retail, housing, technology and finance and provides delegates with the knowledge to navigate the complex and confusing process of fair conduct dismissal. See also: Employment tribunal system failing SMEs Kelly adds, 'Trade union UNISON has challenged the lawfulness of the fees. Employment tribunal system needs radical reform, says the Law Society. Unlawful employment practices will continue to go unpunished unless the tribunal system is overhauled, the Law Society has warned today. The Law Society has published proposals to transform the employment tribunal structure to benefit employees, employers, and the administration of justice. The complexity and cost of using the current system discourages people from bringing legitimate claims and businesses from defending wrongful accusations. The Law Society proposes a new employment tribunal structure, where: claims are dealt with flexibly, depending on their intricacy and the financial stakes involvedall employment law disputes will be dealt with in a single jurisdiction consisting of four levels. simple cases, such as handling unpaid wages claims would be dealt with on a paper basis in Level 1more complex cases, such as multi-strand discrimination cases, would be heard by an experienced judge in Level 4 'Employment tribunals must work for employers and employees.
Jonathan Smithers said: Mediation program helping to resolve conflicts in aged care, trial shows - Australian Ageing Agenda. Preliminary results from a specialised conflict resolution program for seniors, run between a provider and a counselling group, have shown facilitated mediation may be an effective way to resolve conflicts between older people, their families and care providers. The decision to enter residential aged care or begin community care can be complex for an older person and their family. When conflict arises over an older relative’s care or financial arrangements, a family may prefer not to settle the manner through legal means, especially as these processes can be costly and adversarial in nature, which can damage relationships further. The Seniors Mediation Program, a trial initiative and partnership between Benetas and FMC Mediation and Counselling Victoria, was established to resolve such conflict in a non-adversarial way.
Giving seniors a voice Jenni Dickson “Our main aim is to make sure that the older person is central and has a voice in the conflict,” she told Australian Ageing Agenda. Mediation program helping to resolve conflicts in aged care, trial shows - Australian Ageing Agenda. Mediation program helping to resolve conflicts in aged care, trial shows - Australian Ageing Agenda. Nobel Peace Prize for Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet. Image copyright AFP The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet for helping the country's transition to democracy. The Nobel committee said the group of civil society organisations had made a "decisive contribution" to democracy after the 2011 revolution.
It said the quartet helped establish a political process when the country "was on the brink of civil war". Tunisia's uprising was the first and most successful of the Arab Spring. While other countries - Libya, Egypt, Yemen and Syria - either reverted to authoritarian rule or descended into violence and chaos, Tunisia managed a successful transition to democracy. Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet The surprise winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize has played a key role in mediating between the different parties in the country's post-Arab Spring government. Nobel Peace Prize winners through the years "This effort by our youth has allowed the country to turn the page on dictatorship," he said. SNP offers to mediate in Catalonia power crisis (From Herald Scotland) SCOTLAND has offered to mediate between Spain and Catalonia as the two Iberian nations enter a constitutional crisis. Catalan nationalists swept back in to power this weekend in parliamentary elections widely billed as a proxy referendum on independence.
The government in Barcelona is now firmly on a collision course with Madrid politicians who believe any attempt at breakaway - or even a Scottish-style vote - would be illegal. The Scottish Government, sources said, believes it could "mediate and assist both the Spanish and Catalan governments" using its "recent experience in a consensual referendum process". Its offer - delicately put by Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hyslop - comes after politicians on both sides of the constitutional divide in the UK called for a Scottish-style vote to settle the independence issue in Catalonia. The current Spanish Government of Conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has rejected any democratic vote in Catalonia. Both sides claimed victory yesterday. Tunisian mediator group wins Nobel Peace Prize for aiding move to democracy.
Kaci Kullmann Five, the new head of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize Committee, announces the winner of 2015 Nobel Peace Prize during a news conference in Oslo, Norway, October 9, 2015. REUTERS/Heiko Junge/NTB Scanpix * Committee hopes award will spur others to follow Tunisia * Tunisia was birthplace of Arab Spring * Award will be presented on Dec. 10 in Oslo (Adds reaction, detail) By Gwladys Fouche and Tarek Amara OSLO/TUNIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for helping build democracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring, an example of peaceful transition in a region otherwise struggling with violence and upheaval.
The quartet of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA), the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH), and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers was formed in the summer of 2013. "It's a message that dialogue can lead us on the right path. Problems remain, however.