Employment rules

New regulations for employment tribunals have been published following Lord Justice Underhill’s review last year. The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1237) provide that claim forms will be rejected if not accompanied by the appropriate fee; give extra case management powers to tribunal judges; change the rules on default judgments; change nomenclature and practice; and enable judges to assess costs in a wider range of cases. They come into force for claims where the respondent receives the claim form from the tribunal on or after 29 July 2013.