Joseph Johnson was criticised by employment judges after lodging a catalogue of bogus discrimination claims to ‘cause ...
Policy discourses surrounding the employment tribunal system, culminating in recent radical reforms by the Coalition Government, have been based upon a number of interrelated myths, centred on the ...
Employers are waiting an average of eight months for employment tribunal claims to reach a hearing, according to data analysis from GQ Littler. The law firm said the number of claims rose 27% last ...
Employment tribunal rules 15,000 drivers for private hire-hailing app are not self-employed contractors Thousands of Bolt drivers have won their legal claim to be classed as employees and could be in ...
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has confirmed that new employment tribunal decisions will be made publicly available online from late 2016 or early 2017. The database will allow the public to ...
Employment tribunals are functioning at a snail’s pace, according to a survey from the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA), threatening access to justice for both workers and employers. The ELA has ...
Simply sign up to the UK employment myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Delays to employment tribunal hearings could put more pressure on workers to settle cases rather than taking years ...
The claim: The Liberal Democrats say that tribunal fees "prevent many from pursuing good cases". Reality Check says: There is evidence for this and charging fees for employment tribunals has led to a ...
Employment tribunals will be among the last of the major arms of the courts service to be reformed as part of the government’s £1bn modernisation initiative. But the government remains tight-lipped ...
Research from employment law firm Fox showed that in 2021 there were 93 tribunals where employees alleged being discriminated against for their neurodiverse condition, up from 70 in 2020. Dyslexia ...
A charity caretaker is believed to be the first person in Britain to successfully claim that long Covid is a disability. In a landmark employment tribunal ruling, Terence Burke has been given ...
An employment tribunal judge is accused of bullying women who appeared before him and of shouting at a woman 16 times during her three-day case. Judge Philip Lancaster has been accused by five ...