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Shantha David named Liberty’s lawyer of the year for leading the fight against employment tribunal fees

This is the story of how we got there. Employment tribunals play a vital role in workers’ rights. They are a forum where workers (and employers) can seek […]

This is the story of how we got there. Employment tribunals play a vital role in workers’ rights. They are a forum where workers (and employers) can seek […]

Employment tribunal fees were brought in in 2013 and ranged from £390 to £1200, with further costs for appeals. There was […]

Anyone who has been treated illegally or unfairly at work will no longer have to pay to take their employers to court – as a direct result of UNISON’s legal challenge

Back in January this year, the government produced its long-awaited review of the impact of fees. It showed there’d been a 70% drop in the number of cases since July 2013. Low-paid women […]

Ever since the government introduced tribunal fees three years ago, the number of claims has plummeted as workers have been forced to find fees of […]

Notes to editors: The Employment Appeal Tribunal handed down its decision in British Gas Trading Limited v Mr Z J Lock & Secretary of State for […]

Our members know what’s at stake in proposals to move tribunals into the civil courts system

I now call on Michael Gove to extend this move to employment tribunal fees. “Evidence shows that since tribunal fees were introduced, the number of employment tribunal […]

Ms David told the committee that the imposition of fees "has created a more inefficient system whilst simultaneously denying access to justice to some of […]

UNISON has today (Wednesday) vowed to take its battle to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal rejected its appeal against the government’s introduction of employment tribunal fees. Describing this case as ‘troubling’, the Court of Appeal expressed a ‘strong suspicion that so large a decline [in claims] is unlikely to be accounted for […]

Changes are being introduced to how the employment tribunal system is run, but what will this mean for members?