They do not have to go to ACAS first but in the conversations that the Government are having with ACAS about this process, ACAS is suggesting that it would be preferable for somebody who is considering making a claim to go to it first as it would much rather have that initial conversation without the burden of a lot of information so that the parties do not get bogged down in the detail of, “He says, she says” at that stage of the process.
Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Stowell of Beeston
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 14 January 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill.
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