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News Release from: The Forum of Private Business
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 June 2005
Tribunals fall should not make bosses
complacent
A leading business pressure group is warning bosses not to be lulled into a false sense of security by the reported drop in UK Employment Tribunal cases last year.
A leading business pressure group is warning bosses not to be lulled into a false sense of security by the reported drop in UK Employment Tribunal cases last year The Forum of Private Business (FPB) said the fall in tribunal cases is not a signal for employers to become complacent
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Sep 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The latest published figures suggest a 24 per cent reduction in tribunal applications by employees in 2004, down to 97,896 claims compared to 127,594 in 2003.
The FPB's chief executive, Nick Goulding, said the threat to businesses 'coming a cropper' in the minefield of employment regulations is still very real.
He commented: "The FPB urges bosses in the strongest possible terms not to relax but to ensure employment law is followed to the letter.
Bosses can be helped through this complex legislation by using the FPB's specially designed Employment Guide, supported by our member helpline." The guide is a TUC approved employment law manual for business to help ensure they stay on the right side of the new laws.
Goulding said employment law experts had predicted a potential fall in tribunal applications once the procedures to deal with grievances, dismissals and disciplinary proceedings were applied to all workplaces last October.
He continued: "There has been a constant flow of employment law legislation, with a noticeable rise in discrimination cases, year on year, for which compensation awards are unlimited.
What's more, issues such as age discrimination are still to be dealt with in UK legislation, so the pressure is not letting up.
But with heavyweight HR firms and banks offering hugely expensive employment law services, many employers don't realise the support they need is already available without spending thousands of pounds.
That is where the FPB's membership, with its heavily discounted guides and member helpline, can be of such tremendous value.".
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