Speaking at the TUC Congress on 8 September, Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna said that the current employment tribunal system, which requires claimants to pay fees, is unfair, unsustainable and has resulted in prohibitive costs locking people out of the justice they are entitled to. Therefore, a future Labour Government will scrap the Government’s employment tribunal system and replace it with a new, fairer system to ensure that affordability is not a barrier to employees seeking redress in the workplace and that all workers have proper access to justice. Umunna added “But it would be a mistake to simply return to the system of the past, where tribunals were so slow that meaningful justice was not available.” 

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