Commenting on the proposal to scrap the 2004 Dispute Resolution Regulations, Peter Schofield, EEF's Director of Employment and Legal Affairs and a member of the DTI’s Employment Law Simplification Panel, said:
"As EEF predicted, the regulations have proved too complicated a tool for ensuring that disputes in the workplace were dealt with efficiently and proportionately. We welcome the recognition that if the current legislation isn't working it makes sense to try another approach."
Reacting to the alternative measures proposed, Peter Schofield added:
"We broadly support the thrust of the report and believe it contains a number of practical suggestions. However the devil will, as always, be in the detail of whatever proposals the government brings forward."
As one of the UK’s leading providers of employment law services, EEF has considerable expertise in the field of dispute resolution. Its 2006 Survey of Employment Tribunal cases will be published shortly.
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EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, employs over 50 employment lawyers and 30 HR specialists who provide an employment law service to all types of companies across the UK through its regional associations. It has a growing membership of almost 6,000 companies of all sizes, employing some 900,000 people from every sector of engineering, manufacturing, engineering construction and technology-based industries.