Until 2001 there existed a register of Respondents to employment tribunal claims - or applications as they were known then. This practice discontinued in 2001, partly because of employers being uncomfortable that even having a claim can cause negative stigma, but mainly because of the deluge of junk mail that would follow from companies offering representation or insurance against future claims.
This will now recommence after the Information Commissioner ruled that:
There is a very weak - if any - public interest in maintaining the exemption. There is a competing general public interest in disclosure which is strengthened by the more specific public interest in “open justice” so that the details of cases brought before courts and tribunals should normally be in the public domain unless there is good reason for confidentiality.
So employers on the end of tribunal claims can expect to receive some direct marketing - much as those individuals given CCJs currently receive reams of offers of IVAs and high-interest debt consolidation.
A pdf of the decision is here.
I’ve just noticed that this is my hundredth post. Who would have ever thought it?