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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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    Record £850k payout for teacher assaulted by pupil

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2022

    Teachers union reveals £15m was paid out to teachers who were subject to unfair dismissal, violence, bullying and unlawful deductions from wages.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Fire and rehire
    • Bullying and harassment

    P&O Ferries chef launches unfair dismissal and discrimination claim

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Apr 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Apr 2022

    A former P&O Ferries chef is taking the company to an employment tribunal, claiming unfair dismissal, racial discrimination and harassment.

    • Employment law
    • Discipline
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    Unison to appeal against trade union detriment ruling

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Apr 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Apr 2022

    A recent Court of Appeal ruling that confirmed UK legislation does not protect striking employees from action short of dismissal has effectively 'given bosses the green light to discipline staff who strike', a union has claimed.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Fire and rehire
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

    Fire and rehire: Royal Mail faces threat of industrial action

    by Adam McCulloch 31 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 31 Mar 2022

    Unite threatens Royal Mail with industrial action over what it claims is a ‘fire and rehire’ scheme to replace managers.

    • Collective redundancy
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    • Dismissal

    P&O Ferries’ redundancy obligations: Legal Q&A

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2022

    Some facets of the government's response to the 800 job losses were ill-informed, a legal expert tells Personnel Today

    • Fire and rehire
    • Collective redundancy
    • Employment law

    P&O Ferries chief ‘should step down’ but redundancies expose legal anomalies

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2022

    Despite P&O Ferries' admission of law-breaking over the mass redundancy of 800 staff, many uncertainties remain over the laws shipping staff are subject to, MPs have heard.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Latest News
    • Dismissal

    P&O Ferries: Grant Shapps told of ‘issues’ by DP World in late 2021

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Mar 2022

    The UK transport secretary was ‘aware’ of problems at P&O Ferries by the time he met the head of DP World at Dubai Expo on 22 November last year.

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    Sainsbury’s discriminated against worker with brain injury, finds tribunal

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Mar 2022

    Sainsbury's discriminated against a worker with a brain injury who had been accused of groping female staff and using inappropriate language, an employment tribunal has found.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Fire and rehire
    • Constructive dismissal

    TUC: redundancies by P&O Ferries ‘must be a turning point for UK workers’ rights’

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2022

    In the wake of the P&O Ferry sackings the TUC has demanded that ministers prevent workers from ‘being treated like disposable labour’.

    • Fire and rehire
    • Collective redundancy
    • Europe

    P&O Ferries ‘sees crews as collateral damage and has priced in legal fight’

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2022

    French, Dutch and Irish crews retained as questions grow over legality of P&O Ferries’ decision to axe 800 crews.

    • Vexatious claims
    • Disability discrimination
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    Serial claimant banned after ‘weaponising’ employment tribunal system

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Mar 2022

    A man who has made more than 40 employment claims against a variety of companies has been banned from using the tribunals service.

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    Jewish worker dismissed following Passover absence wins £26k

    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Mar 2022

    A Jewish employee who lost his law firm job for failing to attend work during a religious holiday has won...

    • Stress
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    • Latest News

    Worker wins £22k following ‘old white man’ comments

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2022

    A worker who was called an ‘old white man’ by a colleague, whose comments eventually led to him being signed...

    • Case law
    • Agency workers
    • Employment law

    Court of Appeal: agency workers do not have right to apply for permanent jobs

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2022

    Agency workers do not automatically have the right to be invited to apply for a directly employed vacancy.

    • Constructive dismissal
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Football and HR: 10 employment law issues in the beautiful game

    by Dean Fuller 18 Feb 2022
    by Dean Fuller 18 Feb 2022

    Many cases highlight how professionalism is lacking in UK football when it comes to employment contracts, even in the ultra rich Premier League.

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