Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

A quasi-government body in the United Kingdom that mediates disputes between employers and workers (usually unions). It was established near the end of the 19th century. It was quite famous in the 1970s and 1980s, when labor disputes in Britain were very common.

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)

an independent service set up in 1975, financed by the government and used to resolve collective and individual INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES in the UK. It is able to provide CONCILIATION to bring the parties together and to provide ARBITRATION and MEDIATION where it is deemed desirable. ACAS also provides advisory services to employers, employees and trade unions on work and employment issues. See CENTRAL ARBITRATION COMMITTEE, EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL.

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)

a body established in the UK in 1975 to provide counselling services with regard to INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS and employment policy matters, in particular that of MEDIATION, CONCILIATION and ARBITRATION in cases of INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE.

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References in periodicals archive

This book provides a lucid account of the structures and pressures by which arbitration in industrial disputes is undertaken in Britain by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS).

Arbitration: Cases in Industrial Relations

Acas (the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) has taken 6,000 sq ft at Fusion Point 2 - part of a joint venture development between Robert Hitchins and Landmark Cardiff - on a 10-year lease.

Lease deal puts Acas in the centre of city

Scottish & Newcastle spokesman Nigel Pollard said: "At the moment, they're refusing to come to Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) which is how we want to deal with this.

Deadlock in pay row as brewery strike ends

QUIZ OF THE DAY: 1 Jose Maria Olazabal; 2 Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service; 3 Qatar; 4 Hurdy-gurdy; 5 The name of an island on which 15 men had been marooned; 6 Goya; 7 Penguins; 8 George V; 9 Saturn; 10 G raceland.

QUIZ OF THE DAY

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, ACAS, founded in 1974, is a public body funded by taxpayers whose main aim is to prevent and resolve problems in the workplace.

Your rights

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) said bosses had a 'duty of care' towards employees at work functions.

Bosses warned to look after revellers

Associa Employment Service's sales manager for Cardiff, Terry Milam, says the current Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service guidance on sexual-orientation discrimination, which is prompting the moves by large firms, is still embryonic.

Warning over gays count

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