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ACAS (Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service) is a British government body that was set up in 1975 to mediate in industrial disputes in both the public and private sectors. Its findings are not binding on either side, but carry considerable weight with the government. It consists of a panel of ten members, three each appointed by the TUC and the CBI, who elect three academics and an independent chairman. It does not, itself, carry out arbitrations but may recommend an arbitration to be held by other bodies.
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The Central Arbitration Committee is a committee set up by the Employment Protection Act (1975) to arbitrate on matters voluntarily submitted to it through ACAS by the parties to a trade dispute. It has powers to enforce the disclosure of certain bargaining information in these disputes and to arbitrate when a statutory joint industrial council is deadlocked. It does not charge for its services and cannot award costs.
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Whitley Councils were industrial committees set up in the early part of the 20th century in Britain to enable employers and employees to discuss problems of mutual interest with a view towards avoiding strikes and lockouts. Neither side was keen to make use of them, and they were abandoned in the late 1920s. Today a similar service is provided by conciliation in the form of ACAS.
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ACAS is an abbreviation for Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service
ACAS is an abbreviation for Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
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