Acas has published its first quarterly update on Early Conciliation which shows that 17,145 people have used the new service from 6 April till the end of June 2014. Readers will be aware that from 6 April, new legislation came into force requiring anyone thinking of making an Employment Tribunal claim to contact Acas first. Acas then tries to resolve the dispute quickly without the need for legal action through its free Early Conciliation (EC) service. The statistics show that around 1000 people contacted Acas about EC each week during April and this increased to 1,600 people a week during May and June. Acas have commented that while EC has got off to a good start, it has only been running for three months and it is still too soon to give a comprehensive analysis of the full impact of our new service. Early indications, however, are very positive.

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