Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)

📢 There is still time to sign up for our webinar on 'Employee Activism - Navigating Conflict for Positive Change' tomorrow - https://lnkd.in/eJFKWmay The intensity and frequency of clashes between employees and employers is rising. Gartner predicts 2024 will see workplace conflict hit at an all time high and Herbert Smith Freehills reports that employee activism is set to increase in the future. This presents organisations with an immense challenge, but also an opportunity to rethink the relationships with its employees. This can be achieved, but not with traditional thinking: it won't be through a purely policy lead approach, patchwork investment in managers and hierarchal and adversarial processes. Instead, organisations need to take a strategic and integrated approach to disputes and dialogue. Why and how to do this will be the focus of this CEDR webinar. Sign up here - https://lnkd.in/eJFKWmay

💡 Lady Chief Justice calls for Greater 'Cross-Fertilisation' Between Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation We have long valued the relationships and partnerships with all stakeholders in the UK dispute resolution landscape including law firms, the judiciary, other ADR institutions, regulatory bodies, academics and members of the business community. "The recent joint intervention by CEDR, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and Civil Mediation Council (CMC) in the Churchill case which opened the way for courts to order mediation and other ADR processes. We look forward to exploring how to give effect to Lady Justice Carr's call for greater cross-fertilization between mediation, arbitration and litigation." - James South #LIDW24 #disputeresolution #mediation #arbitration #litigation

According to Gartner and Herbert Smith Freehills, the intensity and frequency of clashes between employees and employers is set to increase in the coming years, with 2024 being the most challenging year yet. We are seeing this play out in large companies such as Google and Amazon with activism on issues such as the Israel-Hamas conflict and return-to-office mandates. Employee activism represents a challenge to key parts of organisational life - wellbeing, innovation, collaboration and reputational safeguarding. However, for forward thinking companies, it is also an opportunity to rethink how to engage with staff and manage more complex and quite frankly, inevitable disputes. This can be achieved, but not by following the conventional approaches of outsourcing conflict, patchwork investment in managers and excessively policy-led and hierarchical processes. CEDR is running a free webinar with experts from HR/ER, compliance and conflict engagement to explore the practicalities of creating an integrated approach to dealing with employee activism. You will come away with an understanding of: 💡Root causes of employee activism 💡Damaging misconceptions of psychological safety and speak up culture 💡What organisations get wrong about investing in their managers 💡Real-life examples of how to bring different parts of the business together to tackle this issue Register to attend here - https://lnkd.in/eJFKWmay Susanne Schuler Dr. Andrzej (Andy) Grossman Stefanie Sapountzi Alexandra Lejeune #employeeactivism #workplaceactivism #activism

Register to attend CEDR's upcoming webinar on challenging conventional approaches to meeting the challenge and opportunities of employee activism. 🗓️ 12 June, 2024 ⌚ 12:30 - 13:30 (UK Time) 📍 Online (via Zoom) 📝 https://lnkd.in/eJFKWmay Hear from Susanne Schuler, Stefanie Sapountzi, Alexandra Lejeune and Dr. Andrzej (Andy) Grossman on: 💡 Root causes and surge in employee activism  💡 Shortcomings of traditional approaches to responding to this challenge 💡 How to take an integrated approach to disputes and dialogue 💡 Practical insights and real-life case studies on what works and what doesn't #employeeactivism #workplaceactivism

💻 CEDR Webinar on Challenging Conventional Approaches to Meeting the Challenge and Opportunities of Employee Activism Featuring Stefanie Sapountzi, Alexandra Lejeune, Dr. Andrzej (Andy) Grossman and Susanne Schuler experts in human resources, compliance and conflict engagement, we will explore: 💡 Root causes and surge in employee activism 💡 Shortcomings of traditional approaches to responding to this challenge 💡 How to take an integrated approach to disputes and dialogue 💡 Practical insights and real-life case studies on what works and what doesn't 🗓️ 12 June, 2024 ⌚ 12:30 - 13:30 (UK Time) 📍 Online (via Zoom) 📝 https://hubs.ly/Q02yRpVM0 The intensity and frequency of clashes between employees and employers is rising. Gartner predicts 2024 will see workplace conflict hit at an all time high and Herbert Smith Freehills reports that employee activism is set to increase in the future. This presents organisations with an immense challenge, but also an opportunity to rethink the relationships with its employees. This can be achieved, but not with traditional thinking: it won't be through a purely policy lead approach, patchwork investment in managers and hierarchal and adversarial processes. Instead, organisations need to take a strategic and integrated approach to disputes and dialogue. Why and how to do this will be the focus of this CEDR webinar. #employeeactivism #workplaceactivism

CEDR have two vacancies on its Board of Trustees – a new Chair, as well as a Trustee.  We are looking for individuals with a strong commercial background with the personality and skills to collaborate effectively with CEDR's management and drive trustee cohesion. Mediators, trainers and consultants who currently work with CEDR unfortunately are not eligible, due to restrictions in CEDR’s articles of association.   Message from James South, CEDR's CEO: "𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦. 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘌𝘋𝘙’𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴." Interested individuals should contact Graham Massie, CEDR's COO and Company Secretary at [email protected] by the 30th June, 2024. 

📢As of today (22 May 2024), parties in money claims up to the value of £10,000 must take part in a free one-hour mediation appointment, provided by HMCTS’ Small Claims Mediation Service. Key facts: ▪️ Free mediation to reduce number of claims reaching court ▪️ Change to free up to 5,000 sitting days as courts focus on complex cases ▪️ HMCTS more than doubles number of mediators to support expansion Read more here - https://lnkd.in/edg7ztYJ Justice Minister Lord Bellamy KC said: "𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭. James South, Chief Executive of CEDR said: "𝘊𝘌𝘋𝘙 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 £10,000, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘏𝘔𝘊𝘛𝘚.  𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯-𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴." #mediation #disputeresolution

As part of London International Disputes Week (LIDW) we are partnering with 39 Essex Chambers and Civil Mediation Council (CMC) on an event to explore the evolution of mediation in jurisdictions around the world. Featuring Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho, Ralf Lindbäck, Mario F. Dotti, James South and Lavu Nageswara rao, the discussion will cover: 💡What place does mediation have in the relevant court system? 💡Are there plans for further integration? 💡What works? What doesn’t? They will focus on the United Kingdom, India and New Zealand amongst others. Register to attend here - https://lnkd.in/eeHzZD9q #mediation #disputeresolution #LIDW24

'Speak Up' culture has become more and more important in recent years driven by the need to improve the reporting of wrongdoing and enhance wellbeing, innovation and belonging. Listen to our latest interview with Fraser Simpson, Associate General Counsel at Wellcome Trust - https://lnkd.in/e7hksjZb In it, we cover: 🔍 What do we mean by 'speak up' culture ❤️ How 'speak up' is integral to improving wellbeing and belonging 📜 Consequences of a purely policy led approach ⚙️ Connecting legal and people functions 💡 Do managers need practical skills to help people speak up? ❓ What questions should leaders be asking themselves? 📹 https://lnkd.in/e7hksjZb #speakup #speakupculture #psychologicalsafety

A Conversation with Fraser Simpson, Associate General Counsel at The Wellcome Trust