Cases to Acas rise by 25 per cent

The number of tribunal claims passed to Acas for conciliation has risen by a quarter since last year.

The conciliation service’s annual report revealed that it had 227,782 more claims and potential claims to handle.
But the report for 2007/08 also found that Acas succeeded in reducing the potential workloads of employment tribunals by 75 per cent.
 

It’s untenable to have a normal retirement age in public-sector schemes that is significantly different from the state retirement age

Brian Bailey, Director of pensions, West Midlands Pension Fund and member of High Pay Commission