Labour considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims, sources say

Paul Nowak said tribunal fees would ‘price many low-paid workers out of justice’. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Workers could be charged a fee to take their bosses to court under plans being explored by Labour as it faces pressure from businesses lobbying to water down its landmark changes to employment rights.

In a development described by unions as a “disaster”, sources in Westminster said ministers were looking at reviving a proposal made by the last Conservative government to impose fees on employment tribunal claims.