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The TES reports that the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) has seen a marked increase in employee disputes in schools. Though Unions are perhaps unsurprisingly attempting to link this rise to the expanding academies programme, it is more likely a consequence of the financial climate which has led to a number of redundancies in schools and a renewed focus on performance management.
Both the private and public sector have seen a rising number of employee-related disputes. There is no evidence that this has any link to academies. Though ACAS figures show employee disputes in academies have risen from 10 in 09/10 to 38 in 10/11, the obvious reason for this is because there are some 1,000 more academies than there were before, so ACAS is more likely to be called into them.
Since academies lie outside local authority control they, like any other company, need to ensure that they protect themselves from damaging conflicts with employees and procure appropriate HR advice. However, just like the conversion process itself they will have to ensure they have open and transparent communications with their staff.
The recent case of R (on the application of A Parent) v Governing Body of XYZ School [2022] EWHC 1146 (Admin) provides some welcome and reassuring guidance to governing boards on the exclusion reconsideration process.
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With 19 HR experts now supporting over 500 schools and trusts across the country, in this edition of 60 seconds we sit down with Emma Hughes, who leads the team, to discuss what this significant milestone means to her.
In order to reduce the risk of potential breaches, schools should follow this Health and Safety Executive guidance.
A ResPublica report highlighted that asbestos continues to be the UK’s number one occupational killer, with nurses and teachers 3 to 5 times more likely to develop mesothelioma than the general UK population. The House of Commons Work & Pensions Select Committee is investigating how the HSE manages the continued presence of asbestos in buildings.
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