10 reasons to buy Employment Dispute insurance

10 reasons to buy Employment Dispute insurance

1. Last year there were almost 104,000 new #employment tribunal applications in the UK
2. The #MeToo movement raised gender equality awareness in the workplace to new heights
3. The BLM movement is doing the same for minority awareness
4. There’s virtually zero cost to bring an employment tribunal claim
5. COVID required employers to ask employees to make all kinds of changes with minimal warning
6. COVID required many employers to downsize
7. If alternative employment becomes scarce, then ‘ex-employees’ may look at other ways of generating income
8. The intention is irrelevant. You may be completely devoid of prejudice, but if your practices are deemed to be unequal then you are liable. For example, some supermarkets had historical differences in pay with some males being paid more. Arguing this was a historical ‘accident’ rather than an intention did not wash. If the outcome is discriminatory, it is deemed to be at fault
9. No win no fee lawyers. After the dust settles on the economic and employment fall out, its likely revenue hungry lawyers will look to find (or create) disgruntled ‘ex employees’ to bring employment claims
10. How does any employer know if his managers are always on their best behaviour?