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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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    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.

    • Financial services
    • Disability discrimination
    • Disability

    Dismissal of NatWest employee with cancer ‘tainted with discrimination’

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Feb 2022

    Tribunal finds NatWest Group unfairly dismissed and discriminated against an employee after she disclosed her bowel cancer diagnosis.

    • Constructive dismissal
    • Latest News
    • Discipline and grievances

    Employee dismissals and working from home: what’s the link?

    by Maria Hoeritzauer 11 Feb 2022
    by Maria Hoeritzauer 11 Feb 2022

    There has been an increase in enquiries to employment lawyers on managing and potentially dismissing employees who were hired during lockdown and it needs investigating.

    • Maternity
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    • Pregnancy and maternity discrimination

    Nursery worker dismissed while pregnant was discriminated against

    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Feb 2022

    A nursery employee who was dismissed at the height of the pandemic was discriminated against because she was pregnant, a tribunal has found.

    • Age discrimination
    • Age
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    Plumber called ‘Half-dead Dave’ by colleagues wins age discrimination claim

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Feb 2022

    A plumbing and heating engineer has been awarded almost £25,000 in compensation for age-related discrimination and unfair dismissal.

    • Employment law
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    • Gig economy

    False self-employment case adds to worker status conundrum

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jan 2022

    Tribunal rules that Gemma Long was in effect employed by Brain in Hand Ltd.

    • Coronavirus
    • Vaccinations
    • NHS

    Care home worker who refused Covid vaccine loses wrongful dismissal case

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Jan 2022

    The dismissal of a care worker over a failure to be jabbed was upheld by tribunal despite her ‘religious beliefs‘.

    • Reasonable adjustments
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    • Indirect discrimination

    Judge with dyslexia wins tribunal case over reasonable adjustments

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Jan 2022

    Absence of policy to help judge overcome her challenges leads to tribunal agreeing with claim.

    • Vexatious claims
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    • Discipline

    Worker taped to chair loses £500k unfair dismissal claim

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Jan 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Jan 2022

    A former Marine Scotland has lost her claim for unfair dismissal and breach of contract after she made inaccurate allegations.

    • Coronavirus
    • Constructive dismissal
    • Latest News

    Tribunal claims citing health and safety concerns up three-fold

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jan 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jan 2022

    Employment tribunal claims citing health and safety concerns were up three-fold last year, with a law firm warning about a...

    • Coronavirus
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Self-isolation

    Employee who blew whistle on Covid safety was unfairly dismissed

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jan 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jan 2022

    A pet food retailer unfairly dismissed an employee after she raised concerns about health and safety and blew the whistle...

    • Latest News
    • Discipline
    • Dismissal

    Flexible working requests behind growing number of tribunal cases

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jan 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jan 2022

    The number of employment tribunal decisions over flexible working have hit a record high.

    • Coronavirus
    • Testing
    • Latest News

    Cleaner who attended work with Covid-19 was unfairly dismissed

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jan 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jan 2022

    The decision to dismiss a cleaner who went to work with Covid-19 was unfair because his employer did not follow a fair process, an employment tribunal has found.

    • Sexual harassment
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    • Dismissal

    Former British Council official wins unfair dismissal claim

    by Jo Faragher 12 Jan 2022
    by Jo Faragher 12 Jan 2022

    A senior British Council official has won his unfair dismissal case over claims he groped a female embassy worker at...

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