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LNB NEWS: Acas publishes annual report for 2022 to 2023

17 July 2023
Categories: Legal News , ADR , Mediation , Collective action
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Acas has published its annual report for 2022 to 2023, revealing a greater demand for its dispute resolution services.

Lexis® update: Key facts and figures include highlighted in this year’s report include:  

•Acas’s intervention in 621 collective disputes between employers and groups of workers, a 22% increase to the previous year

•105,754 notifications for early conciliation and Acas staff finding a resolution in over 72,000 cases

•over 14.4 million visits to the Acas website

•649,179 calls from employers and employees across Great Britain to the Acas helpline

The annual report for 2022 to 2023 can be accessed here.

Source: New annual report reveals record increase in demand for Acas's dispute resolution services 

This content was first published by LNB News, a LexisNexis® company, on 14 July 2023 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk

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