According to government statistics employment tribunals again witnessed a reduction in individual claims over the period from April to June 2014. David Cameron’s team welcomed the fact that the new system of charging upfront fees in order to reduce backlogs, put in place in 2013, has resulted in claims being down to 3,792 from 12,727 for the same period in 2013. However the unions, labor law experts, are worried.
With a 70% reduction in individual claims coming before the employment tribunals for the period between April and June compared to the same period in 2013 (12,727 to 3,792) the British Government is set to win the war on a system swamped with claims and abuses that saw 80% of claims being inadmissible (according to official statistics). “The Government is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on”, said justice minister Shailesh Vara welcoming the third quarterly reduction in a row
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