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Four decades after Britain first set up the workplace dispute resolution system that became the Employment Tribunal Service respected by both management and labor, the two groups agree with an ETS Task Force that it is time for some changes. Originally designed as an informal, streamlined method of resolving employment disputes in order to keep the country?s high courts from being bogged down in employment law cases, the ETS has become more costly and complex as employment law has grown in complexity. Among the changes already initiated or under consideration, are this year?s Employment Act establishing minimum requirements for employer in-house grievance procedures, greater online dissemination of information on employment law to prevent cases arising solely from misunderstandings, and efforts to get plaintiffs and defendants talking more.