Tribunal fees need reviewing

Posted By: James

Sunday 4th January 2015

Lawyers have called on the Scottish Government to review employment tribunal fees if the system is devolved as part of the Smith Agreement. The fees have resulted in a substantial drop in the number of employment tribunals - prompting claims they are denying workers access to justice. The Smith Commission report recommends that “all powers over the management and operation” of employment tribunals should now be devolved, which lawyers claim would allow the Scottish Government to remove the fees if it sees fit. Employment solicitor Carol Fox, director of Fox & Partners, said: “All the evidence demonstrates that the number of cases has declined dramatically since the introduction of the fees. It's basically a charter for rogue employers which sends the message that you can sack people, discriminate against people and nothing will be done about it.

 

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