conciliation

• what is conciliation?

  where third party takes active role in suggesting ways to come to a settlement
• what does ACAS stand for?

  advisory, conciliation & arbitration service
• what did the ACAS say?

  workforce conflict costs UK employers £28.5 billion a year
• what is conciliation commonly used for?

  employment & industrial disputes
• what do both parties have to do in order to have conciliation?

  -both agree to it
• what can one party do before agreeing to conciliation?

  propose conditions

  e.g. i want a notetaker, i want a screen between us etc
• give the advantages of conciliation

  -targeted approach

  -outsider's perspective

  -cost-effective

  -preventative rather than cure
• explain targeted approach

  conciliator identifies problems
• explain preventative rather than cure

  if done early enough it can prevent dispute from ever happening
• give the disadvantages of conciliation

  -relies on skilled conciliator

  -no guaranteed resolution = higher costs if need to go to court & spent money for nothing