Thread: Employment Tribunal Fees Ruled Unlawful by Supreme Court
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Old 29-07-2017, 13:34   #9
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Re: Employment Tribunal Fees Ruled Unlawful by Supreme Court
The whole point of the legislation was to prevent spurious claims. Successful claimants got their money back.

The impact of the legislation not only prevented stupid claims being presented out of malice or delusion, but drove people towards the unions, who took on cases that had a prospect of success. However, those not belonging to the union had to fork out money they didn't have and so genuine non-unionised employees were disadvantaged.

While I did not like the idea of a fee being paid as this could result in hardship in some cases, we really do need a system in place that keeps people away from the tribunal process if their claims are unlikely to succeed. Maybe ACAS can filter out unworthy claims, but something needs to be put in place to prevent the system falling again into disrepute.
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