Introducing fees to take claims to employment tribunals could have a huge impact on ensuring equality at work, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber on 19 January warned a conference. Before Christmas the government published its plans for charging users of employment tribunals. Under the proposals an individual will have to pay a minimum of UKP600 (€722) and possibly as much as UKP1,750 (€2,105) to have a discrimination claim heard at a tribunal. If the plans come into law, the TUC confederation believes it will be even harder in future to get proper enforcement and compliance with the law as employers will know that they face little realistic prospect of being held to account.
English: http://www.tuc.org.uk/equality/tuc-20498-f0.cfm
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