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This week the media has been awash with claims that the tribunal system is weighted entirely in the favour of employees, further fuelled by the Director General of the CBI’s comments that the system was ‘broken’ on the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme.
The increased number of tribunal claims faced by employers has led some business leaders to call for claimants to be required to pay to lodge a claim. Figures of £30 to £500, have been mentioned, with the fee being returned if the claim was successful.
It remains to be seen whether the government will bow to this pressure. However, it seems unlikely that a barrier on workers’ rights would be imposed in the field of employment claims by enforcing an upfront payment to seek to redress alleged injustice at the time they have lost their job or feel that they have been discriminated against.
With menopause cases reaching Employment Tribunals at a record rate, there had been speculation about whether the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) could be amended to include specific protection for menopause.
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The recent Employment Tribunal decision in Mr T Burke v Turning Point Scotland, Case no.4112457/2021 found that long-Covid amounts to a disability.
Baroness Kramer has now introduced the Protection of Whistleblowing Bill as a Private Members’ Bill, starting in the House of Lords.
Independent think-tank, the Social Market Foundation (“SMF”), has launched a cross-party parliamentary commission on childcare and its implications for mothers.
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