The government is to pay back all employment tribunal fees—ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court in July—along with 0.5% interest.
The government is to pay back all employment tribunal fees—ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court in July—along with 0.5% interest.
In the fi rst stage, it will contact about 1,000 people who have applied for refunds concerning single claims. Next month, the repayment scheme will be opened up for everyone else.
Trade union Unison won a historic victory in R (Unison) v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51, where seven Justices unanimously held that the government unlawfully introduced fees ranging from £160 to £230 or £950 for further hearings, and as much as £1,200 for certain claims, in July 2013.
Unison head of legal services Adam Creme said: ‘The real tragedy of the fees fiasco is the thousands of wronged employees who couldn’t aff ord to shell out to get justice and so lost out.’
