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Employers 'hugely reassured' by unfair dismissal ruling

Supreme Court restricts common law claims

MoJ plans to charge employment tribunal fees of up to £1,750

Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly has launched plans to charge fees ranging from £200 to £1,750 to bring employment tribunal claims.

Supreme Court blocks common law unfair dismissal claims

The Supreme Court has refused to allow workers to bring common law claims against their employers on the grounds that the way they were dismissed breached their employment contracts.

Claims game

Increasing the qualifying period for dismissal and introducing fees for tribunal litigation have caused concern in the employment law community, but are the proposed government reforms all bad? James Davies says the proposals contain some useful ideas, as Jane Wheeler welcomes process improvements, but Edward Cooper warns about possible abuses

Employment lawyers in angry reaction to No10 report

Former Apax boss tells prime minister to scrap unfair dismissal laws

Former Apax boss tells Cameron to scrap unfair dismissal laws

Adrian Beecroft, former senior managing partner of global private equity and venture capital firm Apax, has called for the UK's unfair dismissal laws to be scrapped in a report for the prime minister.

Employment update

Sue Ashtiany considers the default retirement age, the new regulations for agency workers, the extended qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims and cases on religious belief

Poorest workers will not pay tribunal fees, minister says

Workers on the lowest salaries will be exempted from paying fees at employment tribunals, employment relations minister Ed Davey said this morning.