Helping Employers Navigate The Employment Tribunal Minefield

By Author: Tom Jui
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With the best wills and intentions in the world on the parts of small business owners, the fact of the matter is that the amount of claims being instigated by their staff members is on the rise and rise. Recent figures released by the Employment Tribunal Service highlighted a staggering 44 per cent rise in staff claims made between April 2010 and March 2011 in comparison to the same period of the previous year. In real terms, this equated to 218,000 claims being originated. Although only 13 per cent of these claims actually ended up making it to an employment tribunal, the tolls that threats of action take on employers are both financially and psychologically damaging.

Employment law is strategically formulated to offer a protective safety net to both employers and their employees alike. Many small business owners and their human resources representatives readily acknowledge this, and they make sure to embrace compliance for the greater good of both parties. There is, however, a ground swell of opinion that employment tribunal threats by past and present staff are exacerbated by a continuously burgeoning claims culture. ...
... No initial outlay is required of potential claimants, the entire ‘no win no fee’ ethos painting a somewhat attractive picture of nothing to lose, but handsome amounts to possibly be gained. Examples of average sums paid out for claims upheld by tribunals range from £8,924 for unfair dismissals and £30,289 for workplace age discrimination. Hence, it is unsurprising that many workers are tempted to suck it and see.

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