Employees who have low incomes but a little savings package will no longer be exempt from paying tribunal fees. They will have to break their piggy bank to press charges against their employer. Unions, already upset by the introduction of tribunal fees this summer, fear this will discourage employees who will never dare going to court anymore. (Ref. 130596)
Better be spendthrift than thrifty when you have a low income and you want to press charges against your employer. Indeed, a reform came into force on October 7 that limits free employment tribunal claims. From now on, people with a low income won’t be exempt from paying these fees if their or their spouse’s savings about to at least £3,000 (€3,590). The Trades Union Congress (TUC) denounces this change, afraid that older and/or thrifty employees won’t want to use their piggy bank to sue...
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