An article published in the Law Society Gazette [2 April 2014] indicates the Government will consider lowering employment tribunal fees as part of a review of the regime. According to the article, Jenny Willott MP, minister for employment relations and consumer affairs, said at a Westminster Forum event that a number of aspects of the system will be under review commenting that ‘one of those issues I am sure will be the level of fees’, adding that the regime will be subject to ‘a lot of parliamentary scrutiny’ but it was too soon to judge the impact of the system. However, it is unclear what form a review of the process would take. This follows the publication of tribunal statistics which show that the number of claims fell 79% to 9,801 in the final quarter of last year compared with the same period in 2012. 

See our blogger Gem Reucroft's take on the impact the introduction of tribunal fees here.

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