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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

Lord Justice Briggs suggests – near the end of a lengthy report - that the employment tribunal system might be rolled into the civil courts structure. If fully implemented, this would completely […]

This number is important as an employment tribunal claim cannot be lodged without it. The employment tribunal will reject claims without a early […]

UNISON’s legal battle to give people at work the right to access justice – without having to pay expensive fees – when employers break the law goes to the Supreme Court today (Monday). The two-day hearing is the final stage of UNISON’s legal campaign against the introduction of employment tribunal fees, which began back in […]

Thousands of workers will now be able to claim holiday pay previously denied them thanks to a successful ruling today (Monday) on a case brought by UNISON member Joe Lock. The decision means that from now on the amount that employees get paid for their holiday must be based on both their basic pay and […]

UNISON tells select committee that there are 70% fewer claims for justice since tribunal fees were introduced

UNISON welcomes decision that means fight can continue against imposition of fees to take a case to tribunal

UNISON has won the most significant judicial intervention in the history of British employment law

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

UNISON has won the most significant judicial intervention in the history of British employment law

Sometimes data tells you an interesting story, sometimes it reveals hidden truths, and sometimes it wins you a four-year legal battle with the government

UNISON call on government comes following the end of the criminal courts charge

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 […]