In July, the Supreme Court ruled that employment tribunal fees were unlawful. Following this decision, the number of claims has already increased threefold. The July ruling found that the fees – which were set up to £1,200 - were “discriminatory” against women, after a review found that the number of employment tribunals has fallen by 70% following the fee introduction.
We have seen a large increase in claims this year in the period July to September (following the ruling in July) by 120% to 30,339 compared with 13,759 during the previous quarter, The breakdown of claims made to the Tribunal Service during the year to September 2017 has included:10,035 claims brought for unauthorised wage deductions, 10,192 for unfair dismissal, and 17,166 for equal pay.
The increase in the number of claims made has also seen a marked increase in the number of equal pay cases - almost half of equal pay claims for the year to date (7,563) were brought between July and September 2017.
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