What steps is the Government taking to allay the pressures on the ET – and will these go far enough? A version of this article first appeared in Employer News 24 March 2026 Last week’s Employment Tribunal statistics  show that pressure on the UK’s Employment Tribunal system continues to grow. In Q3 2025 there were around 52,000 open cases, increasing to 58,000 by the end of December 2025, an increase of roughly 11–12% in just one quarter. The widening gap between claims rec

Performance appraisals remain one of the most misunderstood and often disliked processes in the workplace. Despite good intentions, many organisations still rely on annual reviews that feel stressful, subjective, and disconnected from real performance.  As businesses head into 2026, this approach is becoming both ineffective and risky. And that’s the topic up for debate in the latest episode in our We can work it out podcast series, with John Hayes and Amanda Rajkumar .  Wh