News
Here we help keep you up to date with the latest developments in the world of mediation.
Forty Percent Business Growth for Debt Firm using Mediation
02 January 2009
A specialist debt recovery firm has shifted its focus away from litigation to mediation and says this has resulted in a 40 % increase in turnover. At the heart of... Read More Intercultural working - standards launched
26 November 2008
The National Centre for Languages (CiLT) launches the first ever National Occupational Standards for working with people from different countries or diverse cultures. The new Standards provide a quality... Read More Revised Code of Practice locates mediation
10 November 2008
ACAS´s revised Code of Practice on Discipline and Grievance clearly sets mediation at an informal stage. The Code locates mediation as a pre-formal stage and does not cover the process... Read More IMI Mediator Competency Standards
22 October 2008
The International Mediation Institute (IMI) has recently set out its mediator standards and certification programme. The IMI has been created as an international public policy initiative. The IMI... Read More EHRC invite tender for Mediation / Conciliation service
18 August 2008
The Equality & Human Rights Commission have extended their Disability Rights Conciliation Service (DCS). A recent agreement with Department of Transport will extend the service to include complaints... Read More Workplace Mediation Survey - CIPD
30 July 2008
The CIPD survey reveals that most widely adopted practice for handling conflict is the training of HR managers (80%). Mediation is written into policies on diversity, harassment or bullying... Read More Mediator´s Confidentiality - court subpoenas Mediator
29 July 2008
Confidentiality is one of the foundation stones of mediation. Such confidentiality has long been respected by parties, professionals and courts. However, there is an increasing fear that such boundaries are... Read More Gibbons Review & The Employment Bill
08 July 2008
The influence of the Gibbons Review with its push for mediation is still being eagerly awaited. The Employment Bill is currently subject to parliamentary consideration. The Bill provides for... Read More