on the tribunal system was likely to be slight. The following Press Release provides the gist of the Industrial Society's arguments.

Employers hoping that less formal options for resolving employment disputes, such as ACAS's long-awaited voluntary arbitration process, will reduce the time and cost of rising employment litigation, could be disappointed according to a new report from The Industrial Society. Courts or Compromise? Routes to Resolving Disputes argues that alternatives to employment tribunals, could well become as rigid, formal and almost as expensive as current tribunal and court processes, and says the impact on the tribunal system is likely to be slight.