Recruiter Magazine

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has awarded its two regional mediation pilot schemes targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to mediation and conflict management provider Consensio. The year-long pilot will see the company train employees from 48 SMEs in either the Cambridge or the Manchester areas – the two regions involved in […]

There is a strong argument in favour of mediation as a means of handling workplace conflict because of the obvious cost-savings and the fact that mediation can bypass the need for lengthy formal processes and significantly reduce human stress and suffering in the process. These are genuine and important considerations but there is another driver […]