REPORT ON THE REVIEW OF WORKPLACE DISPUTE RESOLUTION by Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee for Employment and ( 9780339602854 )

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Title:

REPORT ON THE REVIEW OF WORKPLACE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
TOGETHER WITH THE MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT AND THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE THIRD REPORT OF SESSION 2008/2009

By:

Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee for Employment and

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0339602856

ISBN 13:

9780339602854

Publisher:

STATIONERY OFFICE, BELFAST

Pub. date:

28 July, 2009

Series:

Northern Ireland Assembly Reports Session 2008/2009, 45/08/09R

Pages:

214

Synopsis:

The Department for Employment and Learning ('the Department'), in February 2008, undertook a policy review of statutory employment dispute resolution procedures prompted by stakeholder concerns of the existing arrangements and by the findings of the Gibbons Review - 'Better Dispute Resolution - A review of employment dispute resolution in Great Britain' - published in March 2007. The Committee feels that there is a need to develop and promote a culture of early dispute resolution as opposed to seeking legal redress through the tribunal. The Committee agrees that there is a need to reform the current statutory procedures, but the revised system should represent a synergy of the best of the current system with the best of the options for change, developing a system that meets the needs for resolving workplace disputes while allowing greater access to justice and improved efficiency.The Committee believes that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) should be promoted as the most appropriate alternative to tribunals in order to protect the privacy of those involved and so ensure the pursuit of a faster, flexible and more cost effective means of settling a grievance, especially given the current economic climate. There is a need to ensure that dispute resolution is made simpler and less bureaucratic for both employer and employee and the provision of more accessible information and the promotion of a clearer understanding of employer and employee rights and obligations, by all those involved, are key to the success of any revised system.

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