Petitions/Add professional employment mediation into the employment tribunal ADR process
StatusClosed
Opened13 Aug 2025
Closes13 Feb 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

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.

700Total signatures
Select your constituency →
10,000
100,000

Constituency engagement ranking

James Naish
1James Naish MP
Rushcliffe
11
Matt Turmaine
2Matt Turmaine MP
Watford
10
Linsey Farnsworth
3Linsey Farnsworth MP
Amber Valley
6
Lee Anderson
4Lee Anderson MP
Ashfield
6
Sally Jameson
5Sally Jameson MP
Doncaster Central
6
John Milne
6John Milne MP
Horsham
6
Michelle Welsh
7Michelle Welsh MP
Sherwood Forest
6
Dr Caroline Johnson
8Dr Caroline Johnson MP
Sleaford and North Hykeham
6
Samantha Niblett
9Samantha Niblett MP
South Derbyshire
6
Dr Beccy Cooper
10Dr Beccy Cooper MP
Worthing West
6