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Law Society calls for Employment Tribunal reforms

The Law Society has recently published a discussion document titled: Making Employment Tribunals Work For All. The document proposes that all employment law disputes should be dealt with in a single jurisdiction consisting of four levels and endorses the argument that claims should be dealt with flexibly, depending on their intricacy and the financial stakes involved. The document differentiates between the handling of simple cases and more complex cases. It suggests that simple cases, such as handling unpaid wages claims, should be dealt with on a paper basis at Level 1, whilst more complex cases, such as multi-strand discrimination cases or restrictive covenant cases, should be heard by an experienced judge at Level 4.

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Employment Associate, Paul Burton, "This is an interesting idea, albeit not a new one. There has been talk of introducing a new style ‘Employment Court’ for some time, with a tracked or multi-level system similar to the civil courts. There is even talk of merging the two separate systems together. Amending the tribunal system as the Law Society has proposed will take a lot of time and money and, in times when the government is trying to save money, we question whether it can happen in reality in the near future."

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