• Menu
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Before Header

Tel: 01343 544 077   Fax: 01343 548 523   E-Mail: mail@grigor-young.co.uk  

G&Y Logo

Solicitors and Estate Agents

MENUMENU
  • Home
  • About
  • Services
    • Individual and Family Services

      • Accidents and Injuries
      • Employment Law
      • Family Law
      • Mental Health
      • Powers of Attorney
      • Wills Executries & Trusts
      • Notary Public
      • Adults With Incapacity
      • Guardianship
    • Business Services

      • Agricultural Law
      • Debt Recovery
      • Employment Law
      • Environmental Law
      • Leasing
      • Licensing
      • Notary Public
    • Property Services

      • Our Property Service
      • Property Search
      • Property Advice in Moray
      • Estate Agency
      • Conveyancing
  • Property
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team
  • Pricing
  • Free Enquiry

Mobile Menu

  • Home
  • About
  • Services
  • Property
  • Property Search
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team
  • Pricing
  • Free Enquiry

Employment Tribunal Claims increase again as expected

You are here: Home / Employment Law / Employment Tribunal Claims increase again as expected

15th December 2017 //  by Peter Brash

The abolition of Employment Tribunal (ET) fees in July 2017 seems to have resulted in a widely-expected – and significant – increase in ET claims, according to UK Government statistics published this week.

ET fees were in force from 29 July 2013 to 26 July 2017, at which time the Supreme Court declared the existing fees regime to be unlawful and it was struck down. All fees paid by users of the ET system during the 4-year period will have to be refunded by the Government and that bill is estimated at £32 million.

ET claims can be submitted by individuals (“single” claims) or groups (“multiple” claims).

Single ET claims received in the quarter July – September 2017 went up by 64% compared to the same quarter in 2016.

The government data shows that, since the July to September quarter of 2014, single claim receipts have remained relatively stable, with around 4,200 claims in that quarter each year.

However, 2017 has broken the mould because the same quarter has seen an increase to 7,042 single claims.

The fees regime meant that workers often had to pay up to £1,200 just to get their case heard.

In the Supreme Court, this was accepted as a significant barrier to justice. As the cost of bringing a claim often exceeded the amount in dispute, for many workers, the economic risks of proceeding outweighed the potential benefits.

The disappearance of ET fees means that workers are much more likely to raise claims if they cannot resolve their dispute directly with their employer.

It remains to be seen whether these increases will be maintained across future quarterly figures but our expectation is that they will be maintained and may indeed increase further.

In the light of these figures, as an employer, you need to make sure that your Employment Law systems are as robust as possible.

Now would be a good time to review your employment contracts, policies and procedures, so that the risks to your business from a disgruntled employee making an ET claim are minimised as far as possible.

How we can help

If you would like to discuss any of the issues raised in this article or any aspects of our Employment Law services, please feel free to contact us.

You can call us on 01343 544077 or send us a Free Online Enquiry.

All initial discussions are free of charge and without obligation.

Note: This article was first published on the Moray Employment Law website in December 2017.

Category: Employment Law

Previous Post: « 10 reasons why an employee should have a new contract reviewed before signing
Next Post: How to make a change to an Employment Contract »

Primary Sidebar

Also on our website:

Employment Law

Related Posts

  • Continuing increase in employment tribunal claims in first quarter of 2019
  • Work Christmas Party (what to be aware of)
  • Should you be paying the real Living Wage?
  • How to make sure sleep benefits your performance at work to the full
  • Mental Health myths busted
  • Mental Health and Employment Law
  • Payment for sleep-in shifts
  • Summary Dismissal in the Absence of Gross Misconduct
  • Email health tips post GDPR
  • The World Cup and the Workplace

Footer

Where to find us:

Grigor & Young LLP – Elgin
No.1 North Street, Elgin, Moray IV30 1UA
Tel: 01343 544 077 Fax: 01343 548 523

DX 520656 Elgin

Grigor & Young LLP – Forres
100 High Street, Forres, IV36 1PD
Tel: 01309 672 126 Fax: 01309 676 384

DX 520700 Forres

Our Team

Peter Brash
Stuart Bruce
Lindsey Carroll
Ann Cruickshank
Douglas Delaney
Carol Holmes
Elin Jones
Katie Kennedy
Richard Miller
Marie Morrison
Kirstie Reilly
Audrey Robertson
Greg Robertson
Donna Skelly

Main Menu

  • Home
  • About
  • Services
  • Property
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team
  • Pricing
  • Free Enquiry

Join us on Social Media

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Terms of use
Privacy Policy

Grigor & Young LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership registered in Scotland (Number SO306314).
Registered office: 1 North Street, Elgin, Moray IV30 1UA.

© 2020 Grigor & Young LLP

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse you are agreeing to the use of cookies detailed in our privacy policy. Accept & ContinuePrivacy policy