Latest analysis from the Department for Business and Trade shows the (Un)Employment Rights Bill will trigger a surge in employment tribunal claims by nearly a fifth. And that’s an optimistic figure from civil servants…
The last impact assessment, published in October 2024, suggested tribunal claims would rise by around 15%, largely thanks to Labour’s plan to make protection from unfair dismissal a “day one” right. Now Labour has U-turned on that policy, tribunal claims are actually set to climb even higher…
Last night’s analysis lays out:
“The measures in the Act will extend or create new employment rights for individuals. If these rights are infringed upon, it could lead to more workplace disputes…which is which could increase the volume of cases in the ‘individual enforcement’ (i.e. Acas and Employment Tribunal) system by around 17%”.
Meanwhile, there’s already a 515,000 court backlog for employment disputes. No wonder there’s much objection to this…
Kemi Badenoch defended her decision not to force Tory councils to hold elections in May, telling GB News:
“It is Conservative policy that we should have elections, but I’m not a dictator. You know Nigel Farage, no one else makes any decisions, he’s a one-man band.”