Avoid a UKIP 'blow' to your workforce - 4 steps to resolve conflict

UKIP’s leadership frontrunner Steven Woolfe has left the leadership race by declaring the party is in a “death spiral” without former leader Nigel Farage – The Guardian reports.

The MEP’s position came into question following his recent alteration with Ukip MEP Mike Hookem in Strasbourg, which led to him being hospitalised.

To avoid a UKIP ‘blow’ to businesses, which has left both a leadership vacuum and party disunity, we spoke to Beverley Sunderland, Managing Director of Crossland Employment Solicitors who shared her four tips to resolve workplace conflicts.

She says: “Whatever the size or nature of an organisation, conflict between workers can be distracting, disruptive and, on occasions, damaging to reputation. The recent ‘altercation’ between MEPs Steven Woolfe and Mike Hookem has left the UKIP party image battered and bruised with acting party leader, Nigel Farage, having to order a full investigation into the incident.