Petition · Ministry of Justice

Add professional employment mediation into the employment tribunal ADR process

Closed 700 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop the plans to recruit more Tribunal Judges and Tribunal Members and instead implement professional mediation before judicial mediation which we think could resolve most issues. Invest the saved money into addressing the root cause by developing key resolution skills within organisations.
We think the vast majority of employment tribunals could be resolved through professional mediation. We think the current ADR steps are ineffective. By implementing professional mediation, successful mediation could reduce backlogged tribunals.

We think this would free up tribunals for cases which need them, organisations could be more productive, stress and wellbeing for employees could improve, and UK productivity could improve.

Timeline

13 Aug 2025 Petition opened for signatures
13 Feb 2026 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 700
Status Closed
Department Ministry of Justice
Opened 13 Aug 2025
Closed 13 Feb 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 3 Aug 2026.