Archive | June, 2012
How to best resolve disputes in the workplace

How to best resolve disputes in the workplace

by Tracey Fox, Workplace Mediation Faculty and Andrew Fiddy, Skills Project Coordinator, CEDR According to the latest Employee Outlook study conducted the CIPD (May 2012), published by The Daily Telegraph, 80% of managers think their staff are either ‘satisfied’ or ‘very satisfied’ with them as a manager – but only 58% of workers say that [...]

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Strikes…in Buenos Aires

Strikes…in Buenos Aires

The world over has seen widespread union strikes about pay and conditions, the most recent of which is in Buenos Aires between the government and the Trucking Workers’ Union.  The first strike had been due to end on Friday and was over pay.  Facing mounting tensions and the blocked depots and refineries restricting the flow [...]

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Looking back one year: wilful blindness and the Leveson Inquiry

Looking back one year: wilful blindness and the Leveson Inquiry

By Daniel Kershen, CEDR Foundation project Co-ordinator, and Andy Rogers, Associate Director of Communications It’s 11 months since the Prime Minister, David Cameron, first announced there would be a public inquiry into the phone hacking scandal. Its interesting to reflect upon this once you consider that the Prime Minister was himself summoned to given evidence [...]

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