According to The Guardian (UK), a controversial proposal to
publish on the internet the names of individuals who make
complaints at employment tribunals has been abandoned. The plans
may have posed a threat to the privacy of individuals and industry
representatives feared it would encourage blacklisting.
At present it is relatively difficult to obtain details of
individual complainants, although they are publicly available on
request. A person wanting to know the identity of a claimant would
have to approach a government office in Bury St Edmund’s where the
files are kept manually. The industry minister responsible for
dropping the plans, Alan Johnson, said that the idea had not been
fully discussed with ministers.
