Employment tribunal cases rise in the months following the end of unlawful fees
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THE number of employment tribunal claims shot up in the months after fees were declared unlawful, the head of the conciliation service has revealed.
Sir Brendan Barber, chairman of Acas, said demand for its early conciliation service rose by 20 per cent over the two months after July’s Supreme Court decision.
There was a 60 per cent jump in tribunal claims compared with the same period a year earlier.
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