Enforcement and Tribunals
- Employment tribunal
- Employment Appeal Tribunal
- Industrial Tribunals
- Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998
- Employment Act 2002
- ACAS
- Health and Safety Executive
- Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
- Gangmasters Licensing Authority
- Inland Revenue
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
Under the Equality Act 2006, a new Equality and Human Rights Commission was established, subsuming specialist bodies from before. Its role is in research, promotion, raising awareness and enforcement of equality standards. For lawyers, the most important work of predecessors has been strategic litigation (advising and funding cases which could significantly advance the law) and developing codes of best practice for employers to use. Around 20,000 discrimination cases are brought each year to UK tribunals.
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