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Employment tribunal claims leap by a fifth during lockdown

Date:

2 October 2020

The Ministry of Justice has published its quarterly update on employment tribunal statistics revealing an 18% increase in single claims during lockdown.
Average wait time for tribunal stands at nine months, claim lawyers

Date:

21 September 2020

Employment tribunals are at a "tipping point" a leading employment lawyer has warned.
More employment tribunals to go virtual in raft of changes

Date:

18 September 2020

The government is relaxing the rules around employment tribunals to allow more hearings to be held online in an effort to deal with the rise in cases following the abolition of tribunal fees and to help manage the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Increase tribunal time limit to six months, say lawyers

Date:

23 July 2020

The Law Society has joined the call for the Government to increase the time limit in which an individual can bring an employment tribunal claim from three months to six.
Law Commission aims to extend time limits for employment tribunal cases

Date:

30 April 2020

Among a series of proposals aimed at improving the operation of employment tribunals and ensuring fairer outcomes to grievance claims, the Law Commission has recommended an extension to the time limit for people to bring claims to employment tribunals from the current three months to six months.

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