Submitted on Tuesday 20th February 2018
Rejected on Friday 2nd March 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Widen the remit of the Employment Tribunal to 'Disability & Employment Tribunal'
Request to UK Gov to widen remit of Employment Tribunals to address cost disparity of students' disability discrimination claims against universities. Students can be forced to go to the High Court, whereas employees can take their identical claim to Employment Tribunal at significantly less cost.
Following the decision of the Supreme Court on the illegality of fees levied at Employment Tribunals, it is confirmed that employees have low-cost access to justice for disability discrimination via an Employment Tribunal but disabled students still have to pay thousands of pounds to pursue an identical claim against a university in the High Court. Disabled students are in a less equitable position than employees. That in itself is discriminatory per Equality Act 2010.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you mean by "Widen the remit of the Employment Tribunal to 'Disability & Employment Tribunal'". We think you'd like some changes to the rights of disabled students, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like to happen.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
3.133.146.94 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:51:25 +0000
