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To: Chris Grayling MP - Secretary of State for Justice
Scrap unfair employment tribunal fees
Stop making unfairly treated employees pay fees to take action against employers that are breaking the law.
Why is this important?
In July 2013 the government introduced fees for taking an employer to an employment tribunal. Their reasoning behind this was that it would stop people making bogus claims.
In reality, all introducing these fees has done is made it financially impossible for the majority of people who have been treated unfairly to take action against their employer.
The current fees for taking an employer to an employment tribunal are between £390 and £1200.
According to research carried out by Citizens Advice, now only 14% of valid claims are being taken forward to a tribunal and from October 2013 to March 2014 there was a 73% drop in claims on the same period the previous year.
Imagine the following:
-your employer sacked you because you developed a long term illness or because you were pregnant.
-your boss was bullying you because of your sexual orientation, your race or your religion.
-you employer stopped paying your wages or stopped you from being able to attend maternity related appointments.
All of these thing would be a breach of your employment rights so why should you have to pay to stand up for them? These rights are protected by law so how can it be legal for the government to charge you a fee to take action when these rights have been broken?
We need to get these fees scrapped so people can have the ability to stand up for themselves when they have been treated unfairly, otherwise it will just become even easier for employers to treat their employees however they want without any consequences.
In reality, all introducing these fees has done is made it financially impossible for the majority of people who have been treated unfairly to take action against their employer.
The current fees for taking an employer to an employment tribunal are between £390 and £1200.
According to research carried out by Citizens Advice, now only 14% of valid claims are being taken forward to a tribunal and from October 2013 to March 2014 there was a 73% drop in claims on the same period the previous year.
Imagine the following:
-your employer sacked you because you developed a long term illness or because you were pregnant.
-your boss was bullying you because of your sexual orientation, your race or your religion.
-you employer stopped paying your wages or stopped you from being able to attend maternity related appointments.
All of these thing would be a breach of your employment rights so why should you have to pay to stand up for them? These rights are protected by law so how can it be legal for the government to charge you a fee to take action when these rights have been broken?
We need to get these fees scrapped so people can have the ability to stand up for themselves when they have been treated unfairly, otherwise it will just become even easier for employers to treat their employees however they want without any consequences.
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