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 […]
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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 […]
UNISON believed this would get in the way of workers’ access to justice, so we took the government to court. If you haven’t read about the case, you can find the whole story here. But for now […]
The government will also have to refund more than £27m to the thousands of people charged for taking claims to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Shantha David named Liberty’s lawyer of the year for leading the fight against employment tribunal fees
UNISON has been fighting the government in court over a vital component of workers’ rights and last week the Supreme Court – the UK’s […]
UNISON members, members of other unions and those without union support will all have further serious concerns about the cost and availability […]
Changes are being introduced to how the employment tribunal system is run, but what will this mean for members?
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 has been fighting the government in court over a vital component of workers’ rights and last week the Supreme Court – the UK’s […]