Employment tribunal system facing attack?
The government should consider drastic measures to overhaul the “flawed” employment tribunal system in the UK and reduce the number of cases in the system, including charging workers up to £250 to lodge an employment tribunal claim, leading human resources (HR) directors have warned.
The employers made the call after David Cameron appointed Lord Young as the new “enterprise tsar”, with a remit to review the burden of employment law on small firms.
Under plans already being considered by the prime minister to reduce the number of tribunal claims that end up in court — and to slash red tape for business — staff would have to work for two years before lodging unfair dismissal claims, twice as long as present.
But HR managers have urged the government to go one step further and consider controversial measures, such as making workers pay to lodge a claim.