Businesses with good employment relations practices fared better during the recession, according to a survey of British workplaces that was co-sponsored by Acas.
The full report of the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study (WERS) found that private businesses that had established very good HR relations with their employees were less likely to have been damaged by the recession. Whilst those that had not were 10% more likely to have been weakened by the recession.
Other key highlights from the WERs report include:
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