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Dispute Resolution 2008
Examining Employer Liability, Improving Mediation Practices and Effectively Engaging Key Parties in the Resolution Process

4th Annual Conference – Essential for HR and Dispute Mediation Professionals
Thursday 14th February 2008 - The Hatton, London EC1

Summary

Symposium Events’ 4th Annual Dispute Resolution conference will discuss and evaluate the key reforms in the workplace dispute resolution process critical to your organisation. This timely event will not only address large-scale changes in the dispute system, but will also focus on common areas of difficulty within employment legislation. Whether you are looking to revise your current dispute and grievance policy, you would like to introduce mediation, or you simply want to hear best practice on how to better diffuse disputes in your workplace, then this essential conference will equip you with the necessary tools.

Topics Covered

  • Update on the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform’s (BERR) response to the
    Gibbon’s Review
  • Understanding employer’s liability and key legal guidance to the tribunal process
  • Enhancing and improving your own mediation practice
  • Supporting all employees when dispute arises
  • Collaborating with unions to resolve dispute
  • Developing a best practice mediation policy
  • Engaging senior-level management in the dispute resolution process
  • Empowering line management to efficiently diffuse disputes.

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Speakers

Keynote speaker:

  • John Harker, Head of HR and Corporate Affairs, Citi Markets and Banking EMEA (Part of Citi Group)

Chair:

  • CEDR – Fiona Colquhoun, Director and Mediator

Speakers from:

  • Metroline – Oshin Nevin, Head of HR
  • King’s College Hospital NHS Trust – Michael Griffin, Director of HR
  • CEDR – Graham Massie, CEDR Director, Consultancy and Mediator
  • Legal Services Commission – George Lepine, Head of HR
  • Bevans Solicitors – Guy Hollebon, Head of Employment Law
  • Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) – Tony Stafford, Deputy Director of the Employment Relations - Dispute Resolution
  • Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust – Wendy Gay, Director of Workforce and Education
  • Total Conflict Management – David Liddle, Director

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