Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP | Giving you a lot more than just law... » Barack Obama http://www.mablaw.com MAB Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 A good compromise? http://www.mablaw.com/2010/02/code-of-practice-disciplinary-obama/ http://www.mablaw.com/2010/02/code-of-practice-disciplinary-obama/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:15:54 +0000 Bob Fahy http://www.mablaw.com/?p=2045 “A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognise it. They say. Huh. It works. It makes sense.”

                                                                                          Barack Obama (New Yorker, 2004)

President Obama has completed his first year as President and it looks like the honeymoon is over! The ACAS code of practice is nearing its first year anniversary, April 2010. Was it worth it? Should the legislation have been amended in 2004 to bring in the statutory dispute resolution procedures only to be repealed in 2009?  After all, employers were aware that pre 2004 if they failed to follow a procedure then a possible  outcome may be unfair dismissal. So how have employers found the ACAS code? Do you feel that the law pre 2004 worked well and should have been left alone? Has the new ACAS Code assisted in dealing with employment disputes?

Have your say as an employer. Does the ACAS code work or should the statutory procedures have remained?

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