The Great Escape; New FPRs; No hiding place for claimants
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The word has got round. Apply to an employment tribunal for interim relief within seven days of dismissal and success could bring reinstatement or reengagement and, if the employer refuses, an effective suspension of dismissal on full pay until the final hearing in the distant future. The ACAS early conciliation process is bypassed. And an application is available in a clutch of situations such as whistleblowing (the most prominent) and trade union cases. Too many employees are having a go. It was 20 a year. Now it is around 20 a month. A lot are being inspired to do so by AI rhetoric. The tribunals cannot cope. Introduce leakier roofs? The best they have been able to do is to issue presidential guidance effective on 22 June 2026 with its focus on the whistleblowers and does its best to dampen expectations. The bar to success is high. That is made abundantly clear. The claimant must satisfy
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