More time for early conciliation

Saturday 5th December 2020

Background

As from 01 December 2020 new rules come into force regarding Acas Early Conciliation.

Parties will now have a standard period of 6 weeks to try and resolve their dispute before the ET1 has to be submitted to the Employment Tribunal.

Previously there was a standard 4 weeks with a possible extension of another 2 weeks if the parties were likely to reach a settlement