{"id":61884,"date":"2017-07-26T16:11:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T09:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/union-wins-court-fight-against-steep-fees-for-unfair-dismissal-claims\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T16:23:46","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T09:23:46","slug":"union-wins-court-fight-against-steep-fees-for-unfair-dismissal-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/union-wins-court-fight-against-steep-fees-for-unfair-dismissal-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Union wins court fight against steep fees for unfair dismissal claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nSupreme court rules fees are \u2018inconsistent with access to justice\u2019 and disproportionately affect womenA union has won a landmark case to quash steep fees for those bringing unfair dismissal claims at employment tribunals.The supreme court ruled in favour of Unison, which launched a legal battle against fees of up to \u00a31,200, which it said were preventing workers, especially those on lower incomes, from getting justice.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/jul\/26\/union-supreme-court-fees-unfair-dismissal-claims\" target=\"_blank\">Union wins court fight against steep fees for unfair dismissal claims<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Supreme court rules fees are \u2018inconsistent with access to justice\u2019 and disproportionately affect womenA union&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-g68","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49809,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/1200-cost-for-unfair-dismissal-claims-is-challenged-in-uks-highest-court\/","url_meta":{"origin":61884,"position":0},"title":"\u00a31,200 cost for unfair dismissal claims is challenged in UK&#039;s highest court","date":"March 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Unison claims high cost of claims against employers is discriminatory because it prevents low-income workers from obtaining justiceSteep rises in fees for bringing unfair dismissal claims at employment tribunals \u2013 which have led to a 70% fall in the number of cases \u2013 are to be challenged at the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24557,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/legal-costs-are-barrier-to-rights-for-mothers-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":61884,"position":1},"title":"Legal costs are barrier to rights for mothers | Letters","date":"September 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Maria Miller\u2019s report is to be welcomed (MPs urge action to fight \u2018shocking\u2019 bias against mothers, 31 August). 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