The statutory dispute resolution procedures is to be abolished from April 6th while the new ACAS Code of Practice on Discipline and Grievance will allow both employers and employees more flexibility, by setting out guidelines for what both parties involved should be doing to achieve a reasonable standard of behaviour. The new guidelines mean that a dismissal will no longer be considered unfair automatically, if there’s a failure in the previous compulsory procedures. Additionally employment tribunals will now have the power to increase or reduce tribunal awards by a 25 per cent margin if the new Code of Practice has not been followed.
