Acas has published statistics on its early conciliation (EC) service covering the period April to September 2017.
According to the statistics, the number of notifications received by Acas between April 2017 and the end of July 2017 were consistent with those received throughout the course of 2016-2017, with Acas receiving roughly 1,700 notifications a week.
Since the removal of tribunal fees there has unsurprisingly been an increase in the number of EC receipts at 23%.
