The new ACAS Code on which consultation ended recently, has
been criticised for being too complicated and hard to
understand by small businesses.
I have to say that in my opinion this position appears to
underestimate the intelligence and the sophistication of the
small business.
It is true that the new code could be accused of containing
jargon but again I am not going to be so presumptuous as to
state that small businesses will not be able to understand or
define for themselves this jargon.
It is ironic that after the years of clamouring to go back to
the position that existed before the Statutory Dispute
Resolution Procedures, we are now seeing commentators wringing
their hands in relation to the new position which existed and
indeed reigned over a much lower number of Tribunal
hearings.
The new ACAS Code is not even finalised yet –
perhaps we should wait for the ink to dry before consigning it
to the bin.
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