Category Archives: Employment tribunals

ET fees: my response to the MoJ consultation

Earlier this month, on this blog, I posted my initial thoughts about the surprisingly-timed Ministry of Justice consultation on Employment Tribunal (ET) fees, launched on 29 January, as well as some further thoughts and my proposal for an alternative fees … Continue reading

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Employment Tribunal fees: How to fee, *that* is the question

Last week on this blog, I set out my initial response to the Ministry of Justice proposal to introduce modest fees for Employment Tribunal (ET) claimants and Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) appellants. In short, given the dire state of public … Continue reading

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Employment Tribunal fees: Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before

A ripple of excitement ran through ’employment law & policy’ X (formerly ’employment law & policy’ Twitter) yesterday, when the Ministry of Justice unexpectedly presented us with an opportunity to dust off a much-used hashtag from the past: #ETfees It … Continue reading

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Employment Tribunal cases: the new normal

The latest set of quarterly Tribunal statistics – published last week – indicates that, having risen steadily from mid-2017 (when fees were abolished) to a Covid-induced peak in late 2020, the number of new Employment Tribunal cases has now settled … Continue reading

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