The Power and Potential of Employment Charters - “Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter”
Published on: 13/06/2023
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Mark McAllister Director of Employment Relations Services
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Mark McAllister is Director of Employment Relations Services with the LRA and part-time lecturer in Law. He specialises in employment law, dispute prevention and strategic collaborative working in industrial and employment relations. Mark is the former Northern Ireland Convenor of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and the Chair of the NI ICSA Governance Institute. He is an accredited mediator,  a member of the Employment Lawyers’ Group and the Industrial Law Society and is a regular speaker on the employment law circuit and contributor to employment law publications.

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People need safe, fulfilling and well-paying jobs to reach their potential. This not only boosts employee morale, but also improves retention, productivity and health. That's what drives business growth and success.

At Legal Island we’re always on the lookout for new and innovative approaches to improving business, employee’s lives and the local economy. One such scheme is the “Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter”. It’s a scheme that’s being mirrored by Belfast City Council, who started their own initiative in April 2023. Employment Charters have yet to take off in the Republic of Ireland – but should they? Especially since we learned that the Republic is in breach of the European Social Charter? What can we learn from our Northern English

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 13/06/2023