“Discrimination at work goes unpunished as women can’t afford to sue”,  29 July 2014

Women are being priced out of justice in the workplace, according to figures which show the number of sex discrimination claims brought by women against employers have fallen 80 per cent since court charges were introduced. Employment tribunal fees were introduced last July by the Coalition and have prompted a significant drop in claims coming through the courts. Overall, the number of employment tribunal cases are down 79 per cent...TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady [said that the]…“consequence [of tribunal fees] has been to price low-paid and vulnerable people out of justice”…Race and disability claims have plummeted in the same time…Many people are put off making a claim because the cost of going to a tribunal is often more expensive than the sum of their outstanding wages, according to research…