Report on ARC networking event held on May 27th 2010
Speakers: Adrian Marlowe – Chairman (ARC); Daniel Barnett – Employment Law Barrister; Keith Mizon – Director of ACAS.
Every year employers and agencies face claims that have no real merit, yet employers choose to pay out rather than incur the cost of defending the action. The reason for this is that practicality rather than justice is normally the driving factor according to Adrian Marlowe, Chairman of the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC).
Speaking at an ARC networking meeting in London, which was attended by agencies and end users, he explained that respondents mainly wanted to avoid the cost and aggravation that they faced whenever a claim was made. “Is this fair, and if not what can be done about it?” he asked the audience. “In particular, in the current economic climate, should the government not be looking at taking steps to reduce these payouts by business and at the same time cut the cost of the Employment Tribunal service?”
