Possible changes to the Employment Tribunal Rules
Seeking views on the rules changes that will be required to give effect to the transfer of rulemaking responsibility.
Historically, responsibility for procedural rules within the Employment Tribunals has been held by the Department for Business & Trade. The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 made a number of amendments to the Employment Tribunals Act 1996, intended to transfer responsibility for making procedural rules for the Employment Tribunals to the TPC.
The provisions relating to the transfer of responsibility have not yet been brought into force. The TPC has been told, however, that the government intends to bring those elements relating to the Employment Tribunals into force in 2024.
The TPC is interested in your views on the rules changes that will be required to give effect to the transfer of rulemaking responsibility. This is therefore a prospective consultation, setting out the rules the TPC anticipates making after that transfer. The TPC expects these changes to come into force in Autumn 2024.