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Employment tribunals

Employment rights are enforced in the employment tribunal. For example, employment tribunals consider complaints of unfair dismissal and discrimination. Employment tribunals can also consider breach of contract claims if the value of the claim does not exceed £25,000.

Employment tribunal proceedings are started by the claimant completing and submitting an ET1 claim form within the required time limit. The ET3 response form is the employer’s response to the claim form.

Fees are payable and an early conciliation process must be followed before an employment tribunal claim can proceed.


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    Police Scotland constable who can’t work in cold weather awarded £43k

    by Rob Moss 15 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 15 Aug 2025

    Police constable awarded £43,100 after she was found to have been victimised by her boss over her inability to work in cold weather.

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    BA crew member too anxious to fly wins discrimination claim

    by Rob Moss 13 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 13 Aug 2025

    British Airways crew member with 40 years’ service wins disability discrimination claim after stress and anxiety made her unable to fly.

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    RAF sergeant’s maternity discrimination claim upheld at EAT

    by Jo Faragher 13 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 13 Aug 2025

    The EAT has ruled that an RAF sergeant can proceed with her claim for maternity discrimination after an important fitness test was cancelled because she was pregnant. 

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    Hospitality sector facing surge in tribunal claims

    by Nic Paton 12 Aug 2025
    by Nic Paton 12 Aug 2025

    Employers in the hospitality and leisure sector are facing growing numbers of employment tribunal claims, research has suggested.
    The report...

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    Adviser who made sexual remarks unfairly dismissed by Barclays

    by Jo Faragher 11 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 11 Aug 2025

    A financial adviser who was accused of making sexual comments to female colleagues was unfairly dismissed thanks to procedural failures.

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    Worker awarded £3,000 for ‘Slave’ graffiti employer had not seen

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Aug 2025

    Seedy Fofana succeeded in his harassment-related-to-race claim, but his claim for direct race discrimination failed.

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    Colleagues speaking foreign language ruled race discrimination

    by Rob Moss 4 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 4 Aug 2025

    Care worker wins race discrimination and harassment claim after colleagues excluded her by speaking foreign language during meeting.

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    Prison officer wins unfair dismissal and harassment case after IRA taunts

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Aug 2025

    Northern Ireland prison officer was subject to harassment by his boss in an English institution over family links to the IRA and his accent.

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    Asset manager loses case over ‘disappointing’ £10k bonus

    by Rob Moss 31 Jul 2025
    by Rob Moss 31 Jul 2025

    Former partner loses disability discrimination claim over ‘shocking and disappointing’ £10,000 bonus for year when he worked 18 days.

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    Disability discrimination cases jump 41% in a year

    by Rob Moss 30 Jul 2025
    by Rob Moss 30 Jul 2025

    Number of disability discrimination cases received by Acas for early conciliation from employment tribunals increases by 40.7%.

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    HR software firm discriminated against woman on maternity leave

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2025

    A complaint of maternity discrimination against Manchester-based Bright HR has been upheld by an employment tribunal after a saleswoman said that her request to return to her role after having a baby was greeted with derision.

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    Neurodiversity case exposes nuance in reasonable adjustments

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2025

    A woman with a ADHD diagnosis has partially succeeded in her claim against her employer Capgemini UK on the basis of failure to make reasonable adjustments.

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    Exec ‘replaced’ during cancer treatment awarded £1.2m

    by Jo Faragher 23 Jul 2025
    by Jo Faragher 23 Jul 2025

    An executive whose job was given to someone else while she was off sick with cancer has won £1.2 million in compensation at tribunal.

    • Latest News
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    • Ireland

    Tribunal adjourned after witness dials in from a train

    by Rob Moss 22 Jul 2025
    by Rob Moss 22 Jul 2025

    Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator halts hearing after respondent’s witness joins video call from a busy train.

    • Latest News
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    Sandie Peggie takes legal action against Royal College of Nursing

    by Jo Faragher 21 Jul 2025
    by Jo Faragher 21 Jul 2025

    Sandie Peggie has launched a legal action against the Royal College of Nursing, claiming the union refused to support her.

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