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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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