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Workplace definition

What does Workplace mean? In legal practice, workplace describes premises or parts of premises, other than a private home, that are made available for someone to work in, including areas to which they have access while at work (for example, common parts and means of access and egress). In England and Wales and Scotland, this wording is drawn from the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992; Northern Ireland has materially similar provisions in the 1993 Regulations. Those Regulations exclude domestic premises. They therefore generally do not apply to homeworking in a private dwelling, although employers still owe general health and safety duties under...

Workplace Mediation: A Practitioner Guide to Appropriateness, Process, Roles, Policies, Training and Outcomes

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Practice notes

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Mediation

Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) commonly Used in the employment context to settle conflicts. For further detail on the general use of mediation in employment disputes, see Practice Note: Mediation in employment—introduction. Mediation can occur in a range of situations, both during employment and after it has finished. A distinction can be made between:

Workplace mediation
Employment mediation

Workplace mediation is deployed where there is an ongoing working relationship between the parties at the start of the process. The mediator supports the parties in attempting to resolve their disagreement so they can continue working together. The emphasis is on repairing the relationship rather than concluding a legal dispute.

Employment mediation is used where a tribunal claim is either under consideration or has been submitted. The employment relationship may already have ended, although that is not always the case. The mediator helps the parties to reach mutually acceptable settlement terms to resolve their dispute. In a private employment mediation, a mediator is appointed by the parties, but employment mediation can also take place within the structure of employment tribunal proceedings...

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Rob McCreath

McCreath Mediation and Kingsley Napley LLP

Rob is a solicitor and meditator (accredited by CEDR and ADR Group) with many years’ experience of: negotiating, resolving and settling employment, partnership and workplace-related disputes; and advising on strategic employment, partnership and governance issues. Since 2004, Rob has acted successfully as mediator in a wide variety of employment and workplace-related situations, including issues such as line management relationships, performance management, mental health in the workplace, whistleblowing, discrimination, harassment, bullying and victimisation. As a partner in specialist employment law firm Archon Solicitors from 2005 to 2018 (and previously as a partner in Eversheds), Rob acted for both employers and employees in a huge variety of sectors and situations. He has often been appointed as an independent person to hear appeals against dismissal or against grievance decisions. He has conducted many independent investigations into employment-related allegations, including of discrimination and...

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