The government is planning to reintroduce fees for employment tribunal claims. In the consultation launched in January of this year, a fee of £55 has been proposed for bringing a claim to tribunal. 

Back in 2013 tribunal fees were introduced at a much higher rate by the coalition government, but these were then withdrawn in 2017. 

This lower rate of fee has not been welcomed by workers’ rights groups, who are concerned that it will dissuade people from bringing genuine claims to tribunal. 

There is another side to this though – in that a fee may mean that nuisance claims are not brought against employers – something which I’m afraid to say happens a lot at the moment! Unfortunately, when any service is free of charge, there are always a minority of people who will abuse that.