Is Leitch Report Complete?

It is the quality of of the employment relationship, and how well people are managed that makes the difference in workplace performance. This is the view expressed by employment relations service ACAS in an article about the Leitch report in their latest issue of Employment Relations Matters.

The article, while recognising the importance of the Leitch report, asks if the far reaching proposals are entirely complete. Arguing that Leitch puts employers at the heart of proposals to improve skills, ACAS says “the review takes insufficient account of the role that effective employment relations and good management practices play in organisational performance.”

They go on to say that “Often, a lack of adequate training means that managers are ill equipped to manage the people dimension of their role.”

The ACAS article concludes by saying, “the investment in skills cannot be fully maximised if employers themselves do not possess the employment relations skills needed to deploy their employees skills effectively.”

You can read the article for yourself on the ACAS website at Employment Relations Matters.