[Text on screen]: The Supreme Court just ruled that fees to bring Employment Tribunal claims are unlawful. Here are three key things all employees need to know:

If you’re being treated unlawfully you can bring a claim against your employer in the Employment Tribunal. It used to be free but since 2013 you have had t0 pay up to £1200.

The Supreme Court said they were unlawful because they prevented access tp justice.

Judgment: Unison vs Lord Chancellor - “66. The constitutional right of access to the courts is inherent in the rule of law.”

The fees caused a dramatic and persistent fall in the number of claims brought.

Access to a court must be reasonably affordable.

The effect of the judgment is that the fees have been instantly scrapped. The government has promised to pay back up to £132m in fees. People may even be able to bring older claims if they were prevented because of the fees.
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Employment Tribunals: Three things you need to know

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Published on 29 Nov 2019

If your human rights have been put at risk in the workplace, what can be done to help? The Employment Tribunal is an independent body that is set on assisting employees with legal disputes in the workplace. Bringing a claim used to be free, but fees were introduced in 2013, which the Supreme Court has now found to be unlawful. Find out what this now means for employees across the country in accessing justice.

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