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
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Today, Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales to have never settled an equal pay claim – will face 60 women in court, challenging them to cough up the £1.5 million they missed out on by being paid less than their male colleagues for years
Our members know what’s at stake in proposals to move tribunals into the civil courts system
UNISON tells select committee that there are 70% fewer claims for justice since tribunal fees were introduced