ABSTRACT
This chapter examines further the main features of the Acas arbitration scheme. It deals with the essential features, highlighting in particular how the scheme differs from the conventional forum for resolving employment-related dismissal disputes: the employment tribunals. Drawing on the documentation published by Acas and conventional arbitration practice, suggestions are made as to what may constitute best practice for dealing with the various stages of unfair dismissal arbitration. Essentially, most of the material can be derived from the scheme itself, assisted by the material in The Acas Arbitration Scheme for the Resolution of Unfair Dismissal Disputes: A Guide to the Scheme (the Guide). As we will see in Chapters 5 and 6, however, there are some areas-in particular when dealing with remedy-where the scheme is silent and where the decision may depend on the discretion of the individual arbitrator.
