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Tribunals set to soar

UK businesses face around 370,000 extra employment tribunals over the next three years, costing firms an additional cost firms an additional £2.6bn.

Research by law firm Dickinson Dees found that if employment rules are enacted at the same rate, the number of tribunals will rise by 46pc over the next three years.

James Wilders, an employment partner at Dickinson Dees, said: “Since 1998 there has been an almost inexorable rise in the number of employment tribunals, with an average of 20,000 more new cases each year than in the previous one.”

He said that despite the laws originating from the EU, the “real problems come from the way they have been enacted in the UK, often with additional or ambiguous requirements added.”

Earlier this week rules were enacted governing additional paternity leave, employee training and sick leave.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .