Commenting today (Thursday) on confirmation the government won’t reintroduce employment tribunal fees, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
“Tribunal fees would have completely undermined the positive changes in the Employment Rights Bill and only benefited unscrupulous bosses.
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“The bill is designed to make work fairer. But the new rights would be meaningless if workers can’t afford to enforce them if employers ignore the law.
“Tribunal fees are unfair and would deny low-income workers access to justice. That’s why UNISON went to court and got them scrapped.
“Ministers are right to rule out bringing them back. Their return shouldn’t have been under consideration though.”
